(09-26-2023, 06:27 PM)Grace Wrote:(09-26-2023, 01:49 PM)NightskyeB4Dawn Wrote: We are heading toward a dystopia...
We will never be able to rein this nightmare we created in. The adage “The way to hell is paved with good intentions”, has never been truer.
The only way out is the way we have always done it. I just hope that the next civilization learns from our screw ups, and use those sticks and stones to build a community instead of killing each other, and I hope they learn never, ever, demand a king.
While it is easy to say we will never reign in the nightmare we created I have to say the negative results will be a certainty if we don't even try to change it.
Society often finds itself at one extreme or another but the one thing we always manage to do is self correct in one way or another.
As the highly intelligent beings that humanity has become, I would hope at the least to save one from the insanity.
Lol... although maybe what humanity is bouncing back from right now is intelligence itself. Wouldn't that be ironic.
Us Baby Boomers were born between 1946 and 1964. That makes all of us between 59 and 77 years old. The majority that have children, their children are grown. We don't have much time to rein in or correct the mess we have made. We are dropping like flies. And being negative again, we are not getting much better. I am trying to plan for the time when I may need total care. I truly pray that I am gone from this Earth long before that time may occur, but if by some horrible miracle I am still here, I don't want to be a burden for my family, so I am making plans to avoid that from happening.
I admit that I have little faith that we are going to be able to make things better with the little time that we have left. I also admit that while my status today is quite negative, I do hope that all will play out as it was written. I am not looking forward to still being Earth bound when the SHTF.
I agree that the younger generation has a massive amount of knowledge at their finger tips, but they see things from a position of entitlement. It was a blessing for those that were able to raise their children without them experiencing hunger or homelessness, and they were able to meet the majority of their needs.
Unfortunately, many of the hardships we worked so hard for them to avoid, has not done much for their fortitude, character, or spirit. That is why so many of my young patients are on psych meds for anxiety, depression, bi polar, and PTSD.
I agree that there will be a handful of those that will be saved from the insanity and the Idiocrasy, but their number will be too small to make much of change regarding what is coming.
I hope I am wrong.