I hate how I’m not even in my 30’s yet and it feels like the world is falling apart around us with potential life paths for myself and my friends being snuffed out and our hobbies slowly degrading all in the name of “progress” and more money for old men
The reason everything feels like it's collapsing is because it is. The social contract was: work hard, contribute to society, and you'll have security. That contract is dead. Now it's: work hard, go into debt, and hope you don't get sick or old because the system has no plan for you.
at 65 people should be sipping lemonade on a porch somewhere, instead they have to write pages begging people to treat them like human beings while working for minimum or less
You know what really bugs me these days? We can't own anything. Everything is a subscription service, like literally everything. You can't buy Microsoft Office, you have to purchase a subscription for a year. You literally have to pay for everything FOREVER. Isn't anyone else bothered by this?
Nobody talks about how we're all paying $15 for sandwiches now and just pretending that's normal. Five years ago that same sandwich was $8. The price doubled and the only explanation we got was "supply chain issues" which apparently means "forever."
lead tampon in me while i eat my listeria meat & cyclospora riddle veggies and wash it all down with microplastic water. afterwards, i inhale wildfire smoke and listen to the serene sounds of the data center built across the street. there’s a flock cam too recording it all
the air quality sucks, the food gives you explosive diarrhea, we have no public transport, medical care is unaffordable, they’re tearing down forests to build AI data centers and I still have to clock in for work
They want you to believe your voice doesn't matter.
Yet in just the last few days:
-LAPD canceled its Flock contract.
-Meta cancelled Muse Image AI after privacy outrage.
-One of the largest planned U.S. data centers was killed (PW Digital Gateway) by local opposition.
The surveillance state isn't inevitable.
It advances when people are apathetic.
It retreats when people fight back.
Public pressure works. Keep pushing.