Comment by FirmwareBurner
16 hours ago
>I really hate the “end of the empire” or “late stage capitalism” attitudes. They’re ignorant and self-fulfilling
When you put down all the dots and they form a line that trends in one direction, it's just reality. Ignoring it and calling it "self fulfilling" as if it's a thing that you personally have control of, IS what's ignorant.
>If you really believe it then please go out in the world and engage people in a positive way. Go do some volunteering. Not to make a change in the world but in yourself.
Being a decent human being does not undo the politically induced global economic issues related to the "late stage capitalism" you mentioned. It's two orthogonal things that are unrelated.
I’m not ignoring anything.
What I hate about these tired memes is that they suggest there’s nothing we can do to move those dots. We do still live in a functional democracy regardless of what internet commenters suggest. It is possible to make changes.
Saying otherwise is ignorant (of our own power) and toxic (by perpetuating the wrong belief that we are powerless).