What if the world has always been that way. We are just noticing it now
this post was submitted on 24 Jan 2025
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And you have to do it within the narrow time and energy constraints created by needing to work to stay alive.
That has always been the case. I'd even say it got easier in the last decades, in general. That does not mean people are no longer struggling, of course.
Definitely has always been the case, but having a hard time agreeing that it's gotten easier in the past decade (at least in the US).
Housing prices higher, inflation, grocery prices rising, no wage growth. All with seemingly less community and family cohesion.
I agree with you on that, late stage capitalism in full bloom. I was thinking about the time multiple decades ago, at the beginning of the last century.
It is really sad to see that we as a society are past our prime in multiple areas. At least when looking at it from a "western" perspective. And when I consider the political climate it seems that things have to get a whole lot worse before they can get better. I resonate with the shower thought.