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Originally Posted by Skybird
Well, there is a difference between fatalism and joy of life. And life is an uncertain thing - every day. So enjoying the time you have left is good advise always, no matter the circumstances, because you cannot be sure of even just the next day.  A collapse will come, we are so deep i n the mess that it is superstitious almost to assume we could escape it without major conflict and drama. It simply is unreasonable and undefendable to assume that. |
Hence the problem with society today. Everything is fatalism, gloom and doom. For decades men have stood on street corners with signs reading the end is near. Yet here we are. The media if full of nothing but bad news. How deep are we really in a mess? Has there been a time when the world was not in a deep mess? Major conflict and drama. There is always major conflict and drama. The only thing that has changed is we get fed the major conflict and drama instantaneously via the internet. Within in seconds the drama can be pumped to your desktop from hundreds of sources. In short, the world probably does not look very different from years ago with exception of us getting to see more of it at light speed as it streams to our monitors. The world has lived through depressions, wars, feast and famine. The only difference today, IMO, is we get to see it all in the comfort of our homes behind the warm glow of a monitor.