I had a friend tell me - you don’t get to pick your place in history, but there’s always something worthwhile to observe. Most people don’t live through the end of an empire, social decay, and ultimately… well, we know this won’t end well. But there’s something deeply romantic about being part of the resistance - I mean hell look at how much art is made about that.
Now obviously you have to ignore some things like how you can’t afford groceries and your life expectancy is going down (you’re already unable to afford rich people medical care, which is now diverging from the rest of us). But it’s really nothing compared to any historical turbulence like this. We aren’t in famine. Our life expectancy is way UP since then.
I can’t change any of this (beyond the serious community organizing I’m doing anyway) so looking at different perspectives is the only way to stay sane.
I had a friend tell me - you don’t get to pick your place in history, but there’s always something worthwhile to observe. Most people don’t live through the end of an empire, social decay, and ultimately… well, we know this won’t end well. But there’s something deeply romantic about being part of the resistance - I mean hell look at how much art is made about that.
Now obviously you have to ignore some things like how you can’t afford groceries and your life expectancy is going down (you’re already unable to afford rich people medical care, which is now diverging from the rest of us). But it’s really nothing compared to any historical turbulence like this. We aren’t in famine. Our life expectancy is way UP since then.
I can’t change any of this (beyond the serious community organizing I’m doing anyway) so looking at different perspectives is the only way to stay sane.