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Originally Posted by oldel
If you lived in wonder of the future:
In the 1960s you'd imagine 1980s having moon bases to live on.
In the 80s you'd be less optimistic and maybe think we would soon have flying cars or something
By the 90s you'd be dropping expectations even lower and thinking smart phones would be cool in 2000 (sorry, have to wait another decade even for them to be good)
In the 2020s you're just hoping the world doesn't end and we're not soon hunter-gatherers...
When the world was in actually in a cold war we were more optimistic. But cool dreams never realised, everything is turning us into pessimists (or working out how to get rich and FYGM) due to being let down again and again.
Governments have stood back from the brink of war and stood back from everything, letting the corporations run the show. But now corps are running everything into the ground. You might think this is ridiculous but it was that that brought down the soviet union, that which empowers China. It's all about the money now it's impossible to argue.
Corps just want to make money and for the past 20 years trying to find new ways of getting money out of you, and otherwise letting everything rot.
E: I know it's always been like that, but before it was small scale or ignorance, or in some other place. Now it's in your face and it's made China and Russia powerful too.
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And we, the rank and file allowed it, we the people accepted it in that "opine like manner"
And what your timeline shows is the repetitious greedy nature of humanity.
Been going on for millennia, and none of us has learned sweet FA!
Cheers King Billy
