Survival is a revolutionary act, hang in there folks
Jokes on them, I’ve been this way for well over a decade and I’m still considered young. 🙃
But I will say, the old chapo subreddit actually did pull me out of a dark place a few times. It’s great to be here with you guys again. And I completely agree - don’t let them win.
It’s insane to think about the second order consequences of this. It must be pretty unprecedented in human history for a quarter of a generation of a society to have absolutely no hope to the future, to the point of “seriously considering” killing themselves. Especially the youth of the imperial hegemon.
Rage is the only hope for many people, sure medication and therapy are important and should be free for everyone who need them but people need to realise that things could and should be better for everyone and be very mad about it.
Then you use that fire to keep trucking and you are all set to at least survive this hellworld.
Fuck that’s bleak. I’ve been there. Any Zoomers that are part of that know I love you and I’ve been in your shoes (figuratively, not literally. That’d be creepy). I was real suicidal from about 16-25. It gets better.
I was RIGHT THERE until Chris Hedges saved my life. I watched him read American Anomie [written] and in that moment understood that society failed ME, not the other way around, and that I needed to study politics if I ever wanted to understand the world around me
not to be a doomer but I’m still waiting for it to get better at age 38 :/
I guess one aspect that has gotten better is: I’ve been suicidal so often, for so long, that when that urge washes over me, I can be reasonably sure it will pass.
Is America going to get better? Probably not until a collapse.
Can someone get better on an individual/community level? Absolutely.
If it hasn’t passed for you yet just know it can.
if the world around you doesn’t get better, you can’t get actually better. you can only develop and refine your ability to ignore the world around you.
Only 25 and a half americans? That is not a lot, considering the amount of Americans there are.
Is there anything in my profile, beyond my sense of humor, that tells you I am german, or is it really just that obvious?
As someone who spent time in Germany, the sentence structure tends to give it away. Most native speakers combine formal language structure with fancy romance language terms.
Germans who are fluent in English will use Saxon root words with formal structure instead, which sounds slightly terse and direct and sort of overengineered (which doesn’t help the stereotype much).
Also you’re allergic to contractions.
