Was just having a conversation recently on whether things have always been this close to a complete existential crisis for humans or is the current global situation unique. Most people felt like things have always been bad but I still feel like, with everything going on in terms of global conflicts and climate change, things are uniquely, complexly and extremely bad on a global scale compared to the past.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

things are uniquely, complexly and extremely bad on a global scale compared to the past

I’m with you. But also, has every generation said exactly this?

[–] DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I imagine a lot of people alive during the world wars thought things were going to collapse any second as well. But I just feel the added background anxiety of the status quo causing the Earth to heat up catastrophically but slow enough to be ignored adds a novel layer of messed up to everything.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

Ugh. I totally get it. And I feel like my older family felt the same way about the Cold War. Like can you imagine sitting through Bay of Pigs listening for potential incoming annihilation?

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

~~It's true, the past sucked even more than now, and now sucks too, but their clothes were prettier--~~

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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Ancient Horrors Beyond Comprehension

[–] cameron_vale@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Modern people are smart and everybody in the past was dumb.

All that religion and mysticism. All that stuff about gods, little people, spirits, elves, afterlife, etc. Stuff that all the smart people talked about for thousands of years.

It's all wrong. They were all just dumb.

Does that count as romanticizing too?

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