The question is whether we can get from here to there without making the planet literally uninhabitable for humans.
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You can measure it by the civilization's view of itself and where it's going. 50s sucked a LOT for a LOT of people…
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But the narrative was that we were moving forward into a bright future, and if you look at the trend from 40s->60s->80s, then it's…
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easy to see the long arm of history bending towards justice. However, the dominant message of 2000s->2010s is a very different tone.
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There have always been exclusionists and wall-builders and authoritarians who come and go. But they're the more dominant voice now.
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Our flirtation with social safety nets was cut short, and technocracy has led to ever greater wealth disparity.
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If Trump is not our Caesar (and he may not be), he's probably our Pompey. Watch for private armies.
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