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Like what? Literally everything I can think of is getting worse all the time. People on the internet moving further and further to extremes, technology getting more and more dumbed down and taking control from the user in favor of spying on the. My friends and family aging, getting sick, and dying. Everything is more expensive than ever and my wage isn't keeping up.. I could go on.
Younger people are more political active and engaged than ever. They are shifting policies towards the left. Unions are become more popular throughout the west and are achieving improvements in workers rights. People from all around the world are engaging with each other regularly on the internet which reduces us vs them mentality. Climate change is at the forefront of political discussion and is backed by the largest investment funds in the world. Technology is getting better, easier to use means it's accessible to more people. Your family and friends aging is unfortunately part of the human condition. The fact that we are talking about wages not keeping up with cost of living is a good sign it means we have identified it as an issue and politically the issue is already bring tackled.
There's a lot of bad things to dwell on but to say everything is getting worse is unhelpful and demoralizing. If everything was actually getting worse I can honestly say I would kill myself. I believe there is a future for us all to work towards.
With the exception of climate change, most of these issues have always existed to varying degrees, you're just constantly bombarded by the news of it now. Block all news sites and communities for a few weeks and see how you feel. I promise you will miss nothing. Anything important enough will slip through your filters online or in the real world.
Now check this out, we're seeing meaningful movement towards fair wages in places like California, and pretty much the entire world, across every industry is on strike this year. That's not bad news, that's great news! It means that people have been pushed too far and are finally pushing back.
Everyone gives the Boomers shit for problems they presumably created, but they were fucking active in politics as kids, man. They were constantly out protesting, fighting for improvements and changes. As a result their kids and grandkids had things pretty great for most of their lives and were complacent. That complacency led to companies and governments seeing how far they could push the limits and they've found those limits. People are fighting back now.
--Frederick Douglas
I wouldn't suggest this for extended periods. Imo, it's how people don't know and become apathetic about politics and only hear the highest airplane level that seeps through.
Modern technology recently resulted in incredibly fast development of multiple vaccines to control a worldwide pandemic. Even just a few years earlier vaccines would have taken years and resulted in many more deaths
% of people living in extreme poverty.