[OT] Five Simple Rules

[juan]

On Tue, 28 Jun 2016 10:13:44 +0200
Tom <tom at 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
>