I think things are getting worse for white people exactly the way you say. I think for minorities though it’s kind of always been this bad or even worse made by people being far more racist.

Things are still pretty systemically racist but there has been somewhat of a correction and that probably does result in things being a bit better for some minorities.

Ultimately I think that means that We live in better times today because they’re more accepting than we did Even 20 years ago.

As far as getting by I think things have been like this for a really really long time and people were patient and sold a crock of shit and with covid it’s forcing a lot of these things to come to a head.

Not only that Trump himself is a governmental crisis and when there’s chaos in the government there’s absolutely chaos in society. Simmering tensions tend to get exposed.

Oh I don’t give a crap about their “savings”.

Even if self checkout is more expensive to the companies I still prefer self-checkout for personal reasons rather than economical ones.

Besides the issues and opportunities for theft that self checkout creates means that it’s probably a wash as far as how much money they’re saving.

I definitely understand though not wanting to like scan your own groceries or deal with the whole system it would refer somebody else to do it. That’s why they should have both available.

Oh that’s just capitalism doing what capitalism does. Mainly the pursuit of profit over all else

I know quite a few minorities that would disagree with you. Also I think a lot of people in poverty probably have a better now with the institutions and systems we have then they were in the 90s when after they had been gutted by the Reagan Administration and not restored by the Bush Administration or the Clinton administration.

I think that’s a good start if electoralism can get us that far. That does sound a whole lot better than the way we have it now

Fair enough. At least remember what the stoics have said. Shift in perspective can make a depressed man happy. I like to qualify stoicism as “finding happiness in misery”

An important lesson from Epictetus that even in the most dire circumstances ( he was a slave to a cruel master) you can still choose to be happy. Happiness is dependent on the state of mind not your material conditions according to him although he might be taking it a wee bit far.

True irreparable harm has been done to the world through climate change.

But I see a second wave of people’s revolutions coming. Hopefully it’ll be in time to react to the changes of the world.

Even in Hopeless times we must have hope comrade.

Revolution or reform?

I think reform has totally lost the plot at this point.

Oh I didn’t say that. The world could be a lot better.

Only that we generally live in the best time historically wise. Most of us have a roof over our heads and steady food in our bellies which is not historically how things have been.

It’s foolish to try and look back in history for a better time because there is none. It is up to us to create a better future going forward.

Oh 100% I agree. We do live in trying times. But we also live in probably the best time to be alive at least if you live in the western world.

I just want to bring some context from the past because when you look at history we’re doing quite a bit better than we used to.

While the no Kings protest didn’t really achieve a whole lot mobilizing up to 10 million people is a huge achievement and not one that many organizations could have dreamed of doing 50 years ago.

I like self checkout. I struggle with talking to people and it can really drain on me so it’s a godsend to have if I only need to run in for a few things.

People are using it to steal because people can’t afford the basic necessities anymore and we’ve lost a shit ton of our purchasing power.

Yeah it’s not like our ancestors went through two world wars in a period of 20 years along with the first Global economic depression or anything like that, and the realization that Humanity can now wipe itself off the planet.

No it’s definitely us that lives through the most interesting time

Just because we know it won’t get through doesn’t mean we shouldn’t keep trying to push impeachment articles as often as possible.

I mean it only took like two or three Democrat deaths to swing the house in the Republican direction so that the Republicans can get some shit through that could always happen the other way around because the gerontocracy is on both sides

When I need to get through my own ADHD episodes when I’m struggling like this so I generally move to things like reading or writing or drawing. The idea that is to keep my brain moving on some sort of thought so that it can’t fall asleep.

If you’re focused on something you can’t sleep at least in my experience ( I focused on things hard enough to end up keeping me awake when I was supposed to sleep )

Best of luck comrade. You got this

Grass root movements! Very hopeful to see. Hopefully they are in for the long haul.

It seems like a really excellent response that’s well informed and source well.

It does seem like the most plausible explanation

It’s bad when George Bush seems like a better president than Trump

I mean Pakistan felt compelled to at least put his name in for the Nobel Peace Prize. That means he probably did something but who knows how much she was actually involved for whether or not this is all just a political stunt.

I also remember reading somewhere that India was the one that called Trump to negotiate a ceasefire after Pakistan responded. I can’t tell what’s misinformation this day without spending a ton of time researching the history of the topic

Given the incredibly right wing bent of the current Indian government I’m okay if our relations aren’t exactly Frosty.

Trump blowing up us relations with countries is just another day