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MightyKrakyn t1_j1jvpxs wrote

Reply to comment by bhbhbhhh in This is an excerpt from Cixin Liu's book "The Dark Forest", describing what happens to people when they lose all hope in Humanity by RobleViejo

What do you think the literacy rate was 200 years ago? A thousand years ago? I need you to understand that the youth are not in control of the circumstances surround this recent fall in literacy in the United States. The people complaining have been in charge this whole time

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bhbhbhhh t1_j1k30ar wrote

Guy at the top of rollercoaster hill: Why are you all screaming? Can’t you see that we’re higher than the start of the ride?

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Funktownajin t1_j1kgqlh wrote

Good analogy. Everyone here is pretending we aren't at the precipice of global calamity, cause it's been going up and hey look the past wasn't great either. Most of the happy preaching people just don't really care and that's why It doesn't affect them much until their own lives are impacted.

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