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Orange Immortal [65953]
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Overall, is the world a better place than it was 50-60 years ago?
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May 6, 2025, 10:44 AM
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Ultimately looking for a simple "Yes" or "No", so please start with that, then feel free to elaborate. A post below (on POLITICS bored) got me thinking, and I think the answer is "Yes". I realize mankind's progress is not a consistent, straight line across all specific cultures and parts of the world when all aspects are considered, but look at it this way; would you really go back, if you could, 50 or 100 or 200 years, with everything life entailed at that time?
If this is the wrong bored, please move to the correct one. I just know politics is a factor.
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Yes***
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May 6, 2025, 10:47 AM
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Yes. No Cold War fears hanging over our heads.***
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May 6, 2025, 10:59 AM
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Ring of Honor [21709]
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Re: Overall, is the world a better place than it was 50-60 years ago?
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May 6, 2025, 11:19 AM
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Yes. But it's about to not be.
We're at a high-water mark right now but we're also at the end of an era...and historically the transitions between eras are always rough. This one seems poised to be especially rough. A whole lot of things are converging and shaking out at once and we put ourselves in a whole bunch of pickles - financial, demographic, climactic, (massively) disruptive technology, global overspecialization - because we didn't do the math and bear in mind the word "sustainability". And we have dated governance systems that will not allow us to pivot quickly enough to escape the worst consequences of our misaction. So it's going to be even worse than it had to be.
We'll get through it unless we REALLY work hard at messing ourselves over. But we saw a really grim decade-plus starting in 1929 that was followed by a world war, and we look like we're on a similar trajectory here in 2025. Hopefully we escape the really big war at the end of that disruptive period but the next decade-plus is going to be...interesting.
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Re: Overall, is the world a better place than it was 50-60 years ago?
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May 6, 2025, 12:43 PM
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Approx 55 years ago, my Daddy said that the world was going down the tubes fast. Of course, he was focused on a few things that were very important to him, perhaps disproportionately so based on his upbringing in a world that was disappearing. While there have been bumps in the road, I think he was wrong. Not saying you are at all, but hoping you are too!
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Ring of Honor [22518]
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Is it not inherent in the definition & actions of MAGA that the answer is NO?***
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May 6, 2025, 12:11 PM
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No. Polar ice sheets have melted, entire cities are under water.***
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May 6, 2025, 12:12 PM
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Re: No. Polar ice sheets have melted, entire cities are under water.***
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May 6, 2025, 12:17 PM
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Buy the way. Does anyone know what time high tide is today on Lake Murray? Just asking for a friend.
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Unquestionably yes. The gauzy haze of nostalgia supercedes past reality for some***
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May 6, 2025, 12:17 PM
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Re: Overall, is the world a better place than it was 50-60 years ago?
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May 6, 2025, 12:21 PM
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Yes
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Clemson Conqueror [11224]
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I'll say yes
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May 6, 2025, 12:31 PM
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Wimmens seem much more willing to give up the rear than they were 50 years ago, so yes
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Re: I'll say yes
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May 6, 2025, 12:35 PM
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Yes they are. But, at what cost?
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Clemson Conqueror [11224]
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Your soul
May 6, 2025, 4:04 PM
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A slow, tedious death
That's always been the cost though
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Yes and No. Politics are as bad as ever and too many wars but....
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May 6, 2025, 12:59 PM
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lots of cool electronic gadgets, healthcare is better, we might actually get to Mars in my lifetime, William Shatner not making anymore records, Tigers have three Natty's in football now. What is not to like about it?
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Clemson Icon [24631]
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Re: Yes and No. Politics are as bad as ever and too many wars but....
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May 6, 2025, 1:23 PM
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Yes
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Ultimate Tiger [36240]
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Yes
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May 6, 2025, 1:32 PM
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I would not take a million dollars (in 1970 dollars) to be transported to 1970.
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Yesish
May 6, 2025, 2:05 PM
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Less violence, fewer wars, advancements in tech, etc.
But if we continue on this trajectory, I think you know what the answer is.
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Re: Overall, is the world a better place than it was 50-60 years ago?
May 6, 2025, 3:59 PM
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Depends on whether or not you are white.
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