We are living through a terrible time in humanity. Here’s why we tend to stick our heads in the sand and why we need to pull them out, fast

This article evoked memories of living through the dissolution of the USSR, an experience characterized by gradual deterioration rather than a single cataclysmic event.

Each day brought new disheartening news and incremental decline, until eventually reaching a tipping point where the cumulative weight of issues overwhelmed the entire social structure, causing it to unravel.

Looking back, what was most interesting was how effortlessly one could acclimate to a new status quo amidst mounting challenges. As long as issues accumulated at a pace manageable enough for adaptation, individuals would readily embrace alterations in their lives and continue onward. This widespread phenomenon served to stifle any substantial efforts aimed at halting the descent into decline.

  • Yllych [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    31·
    5 months ago

    The rest is fine but at the end of the article the author goes over what to do. “Demand more responsibility from our leaders.”

    We’re still doing this pablum? If you really wanna do something, you gotta be a communist, you gotta join an org, you gotta work towards some kind of dual power. You think petitions, or even marches are doing permanent damage to capitalism without serious worker orgs behind them?

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      28·
      5 months ago

      Indeed, these trite and self-evident statements, such as “demand more responsibility,” ring hollow when the author doesn’t provide concrete examples of how this should be implemented. The crux of the issue lies not in people’s reluctance to hold their leaders accountable, but rather in their lack of influence within the system, which is deliberately structured to maintain their powerlessness.

  • Melonius [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    26·
    5 months ago

    Besides the right turn in to a brick wall at the end (probably a requirement to get the article posted tbh) I feel this a lot. All social interactions feel wrong because everyone is afraid to talk about reality. If you get to close to a real topic everyone is socially trained to change the subject to avoid talking about something uncomfortable.