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Re:The Rise of Whatever by ako on Friday July 04, 2025 @06:07AM (#44463096)
In live in europe, so understand some of it, part of my family comes from eastern europe, so have also seen that form of communism in the past.

Living on welfare in the Netherlands is not a good life, and definitely not something we should accept for the majority of the people.

Being retired on only a state pension is a bad life, you need to save for retirement to have a good life. And saving takes time, that's why you can't retire at 25.

Re:The Rise of Whatever by bruce511 on Friday July 04, 2025 @09:47AM (#44464525)
I am not saying that the reality exists.

I'm saying that the blind acceptance of the status quo does not allow for that status to be questioned.

You see the welfare amounts, or retirement amounts as limited. Well then, what would it take to increase them? How could a society increase productivity such that more could be produced in less time?

Are some of our mindsets preventing us from seeing alternatives?

Given that society has reinvented itself many times through history, are more reinvention possible?

Re:The Rise of Whatever by ako on Friday July 04, 2025 @11:37AM (#44465458)
I hope you're right, but considering human nature, it's not something i would bet my money on. It's not how humans are wired.
Re:The Rise of Whatever by johnnyanmac on Tuesday July 08, 2025 @06:26AM (#44498703)
>Are some of our mindsets preventing us from seeing alternatives?

no, just corporate greed and political corruption. If we wanna change that, words won't do at this point.

>Given that society has reinvented itself many times through history, are more reinvention possible?

Yes, and through what catalyst has society reinvented itself? Reasonable discourse to a civil population appealing to emotion and reason? A sudden burst of altruism to try and cement a positive legacy?

It will reinvent itself eventually. Definitely in my lifetime. I don't know how many of us will survive to see the other side.