Ask HN: Who else sees life getting progressively worse from now on, even in US?

Re:Ask HN: Who else sees life getting progressively worse fr... by LinuxBender on Friday October 29, 2021 @06:52AM (#29037148)

I see changes, some better, some worse. I was not happy with the state I resided in so I left. The state was responding poorly to a pandemic, over-correcting and abusing the situation so I did something about it. Logistics will be bad in most countries for a while but it will correct itself eventually. It takes a few days longer to get something from Amazon and my packages are often beat up. Anyone looking for a job should be happy given so many people have resigned. There are something like 10.5 million job vacancies in the U.S. Tensions between a few nations are heating up to the point I find it hard to call their actions saber-rattling any more but that may be a boon for defense contractors and the GDP, maybe. Oh and there is a bit more tribalism in the U.S. and people are more divided, not sure if that is happening in other nations. Beyond that, everything else appears business as usual to me.

What are some of the things you are seeing becoming progressively worse?

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Re:Ask HN: Who else sees life getting progressively worse fr... by AnimalMuppet on Friday October 29, 2021 @12:14PM (#29040250)

We can't talk to people who disagree with us. We especially can't listen to them. That's far worse than it was.

Political polarization is worse than it was.

Wealth inequality is worse than it was. Economic opportunity for the lower and lower middle classes is worse than it was.

I don't buy the "climate change is going to destroy everything" pessimism. I don't buy "covid forever, we'll never return to normal" either, though it can start to feel like that. But there are some things that are legitimately getting worse, and they're concerning.

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