Re:Have the Boomers Pinched Their Children's Futures? [video]
by klodolph on Monday January 22, 2024 @08:56AM
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Yes, and I also think that we should expect readers here to respond to the most coherent reading of a comment, but I know a lot of us don’t spend the time to figure out what someone means.
In “fast-growing stasis”, because it’s an unexpected phrase, you could follow it closely with an explanation…
> …in a weird type of fast-growing stasis, where some measures grow at an incredible pace and others stagnate.
Or use scare quotes to call attention to the unusual usage…
> …in a weird type of “fast-growing stasis”.
> There are some phrases which seem nonsensical, like “fast-growing stasis”. It’s not like such a phrase is wrong, but it’s nonsensical at a surface level, which forces readers to stop and think about alternative readings.
That was intentional, and catches what I meant. The English speaking world is improving everything with unprecedented speed. Simultaneously, there seems to be an extreme amount of political tension that is linked to stagnation of a few key measures like wages and per capita energy use.
It is a weird situation of stasis (really more decline these days) and change for the better. Without observing both, the political situation wouldn't make sense.