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How do you guys cope with the fact that the world isn't getting any better? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm really worried about the state of the US despite being a white male who was I'll coast right through it. I'll also accept "I don't" and "very poorly" as answers

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

But if a change for the better is to come, it will come from the kids.

Here in Finland, the under 25s are much more conservative than Millennials or even Gen X. The most popular party of that demographic in our last parliamentary election was a right wing extremist one – and I do mean extremist: they have multiple literal neo-Nazi politicians, and our Speaker of the Parliament who's from that party has publicly fantasized about murdering gay people.

I've given up any hope of things getting better in my lifetime. I'm actually somewhat thankful I've got a medical condition that means I've only got about a 50% chance of even being alive in 20 years; dying from multiple organ failure is not something I look forward to, but it seems much more attractive than where we're heading