Probably because our society has chosen to live in service to our rigged economy, instead of having our economy as a tool to distribute goods and services for the benefit of society as it’s supposed to be.
I wake up every day for work knowing most of my labor will be used to enrich some assholes on Wall Street who consider peasants like me to be subhuman. I wake up every day for work for nothing more than survival so I don’t end up on a street corner, but beyond that, my work saps me of purpose.
That is why I imagine this as it is. Most of us are part of a vast underclass that exists solely to enrich the already rich that underpays us so we cannot even fund the hobbies we could derive any meaning from.
Gee, I wonder why so many struggle to find anything but sadness subsisting as exploited capital batteries for wealthy sociopaths.
No healthcare, unaffordable housing, billionaires blaming poor people for everything, corrupt politicians blaming poor people for everything, women losing body autonomy, somehow Nazis have returned…
Feel free to keep adding to this list
Climate change. (Often in the manifestation of wildfire smoke.)
Not only the destruction of the environment per se, but the fact that science has shown us how to solve it, yet the populace is unwilling to make personal sacrifices or otherwise change their lives up a little for the greater good.
Our sphere of awareness has grown to encompass the entire world. We are aware of everything nearly immediately. Our sphere of influence remains small for the vast majority of us. In my opinion this explains a lot.
Indeed. Nicely worded.
And couple this with the fact that we are actively being conditioned that it is up to us to change things: “it’s your personal footprint that matters”, “vote with your wallet”… It’s not even that I disagree that personal action is important. It’s mostly that these narratives are a way for the corporations and governments to shift the blame from systemic to personal. And then we end up with feelings of paralysis because you can only do so much and guilt about not doing enough.
well it is easy to be depressed (at least in turkey) inflation is 110% (keeps rising) you can’t buy shit or do shit, fun activities to do outside are getting lesser and lesser, nothing feels the same anymore, and reddit closing down and the web getting shittier isn’t helping. but life goes on
Hey man Greek person here I hope in the future our countries can be friendly and we can all have peace of mind. I have hope that my and future generations will leave the past behind.