[–] slope 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Morals have slid, culture has been destroyed, and Islam creeps ever farther across the earth. The francish peoples will be extinct in 50 years, while cousin marrying arabs replace the european locals.
Merit is gone. Multiculturalism is here. Instead of exploring the stars people will be fucking goats and raising their asses in the air to Mohammad.
It has all changed, very rapidly and perversely.
[–] TheKFCNyanCat ago
We've had multiculturalism for a long time.
We just have to do what we did to Asia: make them adapt to us, not the other way around.
[–] hawkzy 2 points -1 points 1 point (+1|-2) ago
It depends on what you mean by "the world."
Culturally, actual institutional racism/sexism (at least against minorities and women) haven't existed in 50 years. Feminism has only become popular in the last 10-20, maybe 30 years. We have been culturally degenerating rapidly for the past 20 years (depending on how you think about it, it's been happening for hundreds of years - but it's sped up recently.)
Economically, it may seem like we are doing better than any other memorable point, but as a whole we really aren't doing very well and the current state is very unstable and will crash very hard very soon. When it does we'll be worse off than during the Great Depression.
Politically we are more corrupt (or at least more publicly) than ever, and the majority does not know or does not care. The military industrial complex has existed since at least WW2 and is as strong as ever.
So both. The long con of Western genocide is finally beginning to culminate.
[–] 5277454? 0 points 15 points 15 points (+15|-0) ago (edited ago)
As bad as it feels, the fact of the matter is that we're probably in the best times ever.
The big wars being fought are insignificant tiny little Regional affairs
The world economy is reasonably strong, and more people are getting the food they need today than ever before in the history of mankind.
A few small groups that look bad notwithstanding, we are moving towards an era of unprecedented tolerance in the world. And as much as certain people would like to complain, we are in an era where people are more likely to be able to survive and thrive while being different than any other.
We're in a golden era. Of course, we're also in a golden era of whining.
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[–] daskapitalist 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
As opposed to starvation and squalor? I'm going to guess which does all other things being equal.
[–] hiphopafrica 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Both, neither was worse or better. Just way different.
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[–] hiphopafrica 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
That's the military industrial complex for ya
[–] avgwhtguy1 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
fact is we dont know because we only live once.
In the present, people do seem to think death is unacceptable, which is weird given its inevitability.