And I feel guilty as I type this because maybe I could be doing more to solve some of these problems, but individual action only goes so far. Some of the world's problems would take collective action to really fix.
If everyone were on the same page and priorities straight, climate change could've been solved by now. Again, not trying to shame individuals. We should all do our best to reduce our carbon footprint but a real solution would require coordinated effort by society getting its priorities in order and realizing the future of civilization is more important than money
And speaking of money, poverty and homelessness shouldn't exist anymore. We should have universal basic income and free housing, it would save money in the long run and make life better for everybody, but we can't have that because some people are stuck on the notion that we can't give stuff to people who don't earn it. Unless they're born rich.
And the inevitable AI disaster wouldn't be inevitable if we could all collectively just stop building it. But we can't have that can we? Cause countries don't trust eachother not to keep building it. And rich people.
And the frigging fascist takeover of America and probable oncoming genocide against various minority groups in America would be so easily prevented if the fucking government dud its fucking job and enforced the rules, but too many of them are criminals
It's all preventable but isn't being prevented because society fucking sucks. Especially capitalist society. Humanity as a whole didn't deserve to survive the pandemic cause we suck. At least that's what I'll tell myself to feel better while civilization collapses. Maybe we fucking deserve it.
But then a part of me is still optimistic. Humanity has survived a lot more than we deserve to. Every generation ever has believed they were in the end times. Maybe we'll survive all of this and come out better than before. Keep some hope alive. If I should die in a concentration camp or be killed by robots, I want to die with at least a little hope in my heart that the future will be better