I think things are getting worse for white people exactly the way you say. I think for minorities though it's kind of always been this bad or even worse made by people being far more racist.

Things are still pretty systemically racist but there has been somewhat of a correction and that probably does result in things being a bit better for some minorities.

Ultimately I think that means that We live in better times today because they're more accepting than we did Even 20 years ago.

As far as getting by I think things have been like this for a really really long time and people were patient and sold a crock of shit and with covid it's forcing a lot of these things to come to a head.

Not only that Trump himself is a governmental crisis and when there's chaos in the government there's absolutely chaos in society. Simmering tensions tend to get exposed.

Oh that's just capitalism doing what capitalism does. Mainly the pursuit of profit over all else

I know quite a few minorities that would disagree with you. Also I think a lot of people in poverty probably have a better now with the institutions and systems we have then they were in the 90s when after they had been gutted by the Reagan Administration and not restored by the Bush Administration or the Clinton administration.

I think that's a good start if electoralism can get us that far. That does sound a whole lot better than the way we have it now

Fair enough. At least remember what the stoics have said. Shift in perspective can make a depressed man happy. I like to qualify stoicism as "finding happiness in misery"

An important lesson from Epictetus that even in the most dire circumstances ( he was a slave to a cruel master) you can still choose to be happy. Happiness is dependent on the state of mind not your material conditions according to him although he might be taking it a wee bit far.

True irreparable harm has been done to the world through climate change.

But I see a second wave of people's revolutions coming. Hopefully it'll be in time to react to the changes of the world.

Even in Hopeless times we must have hope comrade.

That is exactly how it's intended to be read 😃

Oh I didn't say that. The world could be a lot better.

Only that we generally live in the best time historically wise. Most of us have a roof over our heads and steady food in our bellies which is not historically how things have been.

It's foolish to try and look back in history for a better time because there is none. It is up to us to create a better future going forward.

Wait until he finds out what humans do to the guinea pigs 🤣

Yeah it's the best I could get with the equipment I have. He's sitting in the very back of the tank right now in a very dark spot. I'll try to get better pictures of him later tonight.

Yeah isn't this the reactivation of Three Mile Island and it's specifically being pushed for by meta for their AI

Looks like it was Microsoft https://www.npr.org/2024/09/20/nx-s1-5120581/three-mile-island-nuclear-power-plant-microsoft-ai

But this seems actually different.

Seems like the governor just wants to push forward with new nuclear planets since the last one was shutdown only a few years ago. Apparently this severally effected the energy prices in NY.

Its still probably being pushed by AI companies but we (the us) don't really produce enough power for everything thats up and coming like electric cars.

What's interesting to know is that they submitted him for a Nobel Peace Prize after he helped negotiate a deal between India and Pakistan. It was probably something he pushed for because that's not normally what countries do after somebody helps them to broker a deal.