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Re:The world is awful. The world is much better. The world c... by paulddraper on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @08:38PM (#39283417)
> On the whole, the world we live in is worse than the past.

Some things are worse, some things are better.

For example, in the U.S., clean air and water have improved dramatically over the past 50 years.

Worldwide, deforestation is on the decline for the past 20 years.

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Re:The world is awful. The world is much better. The world c... by BHSPitMonkey on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @08:58PM (#39283549)
> For example, in the U.S., clean air and water have improved dramatically over the past 50 years.

In large part through exporting our staggering manufacturing demands to poorer parts of the globe such that the localized effects of pollution happen there instead.

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