re: Are we, as a society, doomed?

What I find funny, is often when people talk about society is being doomed now, the reference the early to mid 1900s as the time society was better


And Im like those frickers had two world wars, a cold war, and we forced segregation


Yet, they are better because they didnt do stupid shite on social media like eat tide pods and shite?

But strangely, if you go back 40 years to 1978...

- Unemployment and interest rates were both double digits
- Violent crime was about 25% higher
- Inflation was twice as high
- There were lots more hot wars going on than now

Things are awful now cause the internet is telling you that.

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Nah, teachers sleeping with students is a natural thing.

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This is true

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Then whey were they killing each other by the millions in world wars and segregating part of their population based on skin color?

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I didn't say they lived life better (see above graphs I posed), I said psychologically they were probably better off (happier).

As it is now, there is absolutely zero segregation, yet social media would have you think it's worse than it's ever been.

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mean, yes, relatively speaking, without 24/7 "news" and "social" media, they were probably psychologically better off than we are now. Mass communication is a detriment to mental well-being.

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I think the 50s, 70s and early 80s bear that out.

Were overflowing with information, much of it false. Spending less time outdoors, socializing, etc. The Information Age is broad, but not deep. Our art reflects this.

We have all the things to make life easier yerpt are more depressed and anxious than ever. It's like the human spirit is slowly being muted

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But strangely, if you go back 40 years to 1978...

- Violent crime was about 25% higher

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But...but...you could leave your door unlocked!

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Absolutely if you didn't live in the hood

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And you had a 25% more likely chance of a violent crime occurring in your 1980s dream society than you would today with an unlocked door

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And you had a 25% more likely chance of a violent crime occurring in your 1980s dream society than you would today with an unlocked door

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Not where I lived

Crime was a product of gang violence

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And I would argue it is getting you to incorrectly beleive people arent as happy.......

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I think mental health statistics say otherwise. Could it be under self-reporting then? Sure, but it could also be the former.

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I think mental health statistics say otherwise.

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I would love to know exactly what they did to track mental health in 1953