Has the system finally cracked? Have the wealthy and powerful simply taken so much leaving the rest of us grasping at our very survival, easily manipulated into turning against other groups and even each other in an attempt to make sense of it all? Is society destined to destroy itself or descend into eternal servitude to our masters? How do we get out of this spiral of madness?

  • shalafi@lemmy.world
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    5 天前

    Been rereading Vonnegut, a hero of mine, the last two weeks. Stunning to see him outline the exact same societal and environmental ills back in the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s.

    OTOH, we hadn’t drove our ecosystems off a cliff until recently.

    According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the average size of monitored wildlife populations has declined by 73% since 1970.