AbuelitasWAP t1_j9grnxp wrote
Reply to comment by Georgep0rwell in I spent a year preparing for a reporting trip from Senegal to Morocco to Spain. My team and I set out to connect three of the biggest stories of our time: climate change, global migration, and the rise of far-right political leaders. Now that we’re back, AMA! by npr
Lol 'liberal media'. Sure, If I just turn a blind eye to the problems of the world and utilize my privilege to shield myself from those problems, I'll probably be happier. Worked for the boomers!
XXendra56 t1_j9gydb0 wrote
Exactly the feelings of the Right , ignore the world’s problems or anyone else that doesn’t look like them and focus on their privilege and victimhood .
Georgep0rwell t1_j9iks6f wrote
We live better now than kings and queens did 100 years ago.
AggressiveSkywriting t1_j9jfsab wrote
Who does?
Everyone? You?
The person working two jobs trying not to lose their apartment?
Sounds more like they have more in common with the peasants of ye olden times than kings. Kings a hundred years ago (1923, hello?) lived pretty fucking swanky lives.
Georgep0rwell t1_j9js20j wrote
Kings and Queens didn't have hot showers, central air conditioning, cars, TVs, access to dental care, washing machines, indoor plumbing, toilet paper, soap, grocery stores, etc., etc., etc.
It's the best time to be alive in the history of the world.
But if you want to walk around like some ignorant, pessimistic, loser, have at it!
AggressiveSkywriting t1_j9jymsm wrote
You do know that hot showers have been a thing for like two hundred years, right?
Kings and Queens absolutely had access to hot showers 100 years ago. And indoor plumbing, soap, groceries, etc. The car had been invented for nearly two decades!
What in the world are you babbling about? It's wild that you call me ignorant when you seem to have zero grasp on history.
Also dismissing crises/problems we face in the current times because technology is better than X years ago is an absolutely fallacious, childish take.
Federal_Camel2510 t1_j9knat2 wrote
They love the taste of boots my friend
Georgep0rwell t1_j9lr4dv wrote
I don't know what world you are living in....but it ain't real.
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Georgep0rwell t1_j9kdr7d wrote
Denial of reality.
There has never been a better time to be alive!
By the way, thank capitalism for all the material wealth and conveniences we enjoy.
Georgep0rwell t1_j9ikvkx wrote
We live better now than kings and queens did 100 years ago.
But if you want to be Debbie Downer....I can't help you.
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