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minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoI prefer to think of it as a transitory stage. I don’t know what comes next, but I sure as shit know that this ain’t the peak of human civilization.
minus-squareteft@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoIf we’re following the star trek timeline we’re fucked. The period from the late 2020s until we made contact with the vulcans in 2063 in the star trek timeline is pretty much just war and oppression.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agohard times (ww2) create strong men (quasi-socialists, social democrats) strong men create good times (post-war boom, worker’s rights laws and unions) good times create weak men (baby boomers). weak men create hard times (60% of americans live paycheck-to-paycheck)
I prefer to think of it as a transitory stage. I don’t know what comes next, but I sure as shit know that this ain’t the peak of human civilization.
If we’re following the star trek timeline we’re fucked. The period from the late 2020s until we made contact with the vulcans in 2063 in the star trek timeline is pretty much just war and oppression.
So we’re on trend then.
hard times (ww2) create strong men (quasi-socialists, social democrats)
strong men create good times (post-war boom, worker’s rights laws and unions)
good times create weak men (baby boomers).
weak men create hard times (60% of americans live paycheck-to-paycheck)