On Tue, 28 Jun 2016 10:13:44 +0200 Tom <tom@vondein.org> wrote:
There's no need to believe, observing is sufficient. From our vantage point it may seem everything is getting worse. We kill each other, we exterminate species, we destroy the environment, intolerance, corruption and lies, lies and much more lies.
But the thing is: it's not the reality,
OK. Now we have a bunch of very cheap relativists who are of course their own parody.... it's just what we perceive it
to be. Actually it's the other way around: things are getting better and better. Yes, sometimes it's two steps forward and one backward.
.... Sorry dude. Your pro-establishment bullshit is not 'true' because there's no such thing as 'truth'.
You might counter: but what about unreported missing black children? What about the desastrous violence in Venezuela and Mexico? What about all those global warming deniers? What about the rising fascisim in the EU?
What about motherfucking americans and their global police state eh?
What about idiots like Trump or Farage?
Yes. Terrible. They are not lefty, 'progressive' americunt fascists! That's really horrible.
Yes, these things must be fixed. But if you "zoom out" a little and look on the big picture, you'll realize that we as a species are developing, growing and indeed getting better.
Well, at least this is as I see it. I just hate it that almost every one laments all day "we're going to die, the past was so much better" and such crab. Try to make a living in 1850. Or 1650. Or 350. Or 14000 b.c. Today is the best times of all. Todays poorest people are rich compared to poor people a couple of centuries ago.
So, I don't need to believe, I know it's getting better. Even if local situations might be worsen here and there, this doen't matter that much for the species as a whole.
best, Tom