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Unironically, I believe we're living in one of the most comfortable times in human history (people tend to underestimate how fucking miserable subsistence farming is). But a big part of that comfort is enabled by education and communication, and a big part of that comfort is leisure time. Which gives us both the perception and the time necessary to become aware of utterly fucked things are.
Way back when, you'd say "Yeah, the lord is probably eating well while we starve, but he says he isn't, and he only takes a small part of my produce anyway, and who knows? And besides, I have to worry about my 11th kid coming and nutrition deficiency and the frost coming early and the neighboring village rustling my sheep."
Nowadays you say, "Jesus fucking Christ, our 'nobility' is making thousands of times what we do for being born rich and sitting on their ass? Why don't we fucking O R G A N I Z E to even the battlefield?"
Some people who by all rights should be on our side seem to have forgotten that latter part. We need to remind them.
Well yes we are complaining on a high level. However why should we suffer more than our parents? Why should we let our children suffer even more?
We see the decline in wealth in the community and still don't act. Because it is too much out of our comfort zone.
Yes technologically we are in much better position than 70 years ago. However economically and regarding the global climate we are fucked.
Oh, don't get me wrong! We absolutely shouldn't let that happen. My only point is saying "The past is worse" is to pre-empt any romanticized view of the past. Things are bad now - really fucking bad. We absolutely need to fight and fight hard, both for ourselves, our children, and human society as a whole.
Economically, I think, we'll be fine. Or, at least, there is long-term hope.
Climate? Yeah. At this point, the death toll and general human cost is going to be ugly. Arguably, it already is pretty ugly, but it's gonna get way worse.