trying to disentangle how much of my profound pessimism about society stems from actual trends and likely outcomes vs how much from just being older and seeing things I grew fond of in my youth disappearing
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the two main problems I see are (i) china, an authoritarian hell state, becoming increasingly powerful while its main counterbalance, the united states, is doing its level best to destroy itself; and (ii) I live in the united states while it is trying to destroy itself
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Replying to @Lispegistus
it's kind of interesting but I have absolutely reduced my agency by having a child there are insane things I would have been willing to do if necessary if I didn't have a minor dependent that are totally out of the question now
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also gosh I hope you're right
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