like even ignoring the worst-case scenarios we're set for crises in the immediate future that will dwarf the "cost-of-living crisis" of 2022-23 and the pandemic. but basically the vast majority of people are just hoping that it'll all be fine and we'll go back to how things were in the 90s if we have some Good Government. it's going to be interesting to see how the masses respond to this situation, which they have been repeatedly informed of for decades now, but which they still don't understand.

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[–] tricerotops@hexbear.net 29 points 5 days ago (2 children)

i remember reading an article in or around 2015 saying that 2015 would be the peak of humanity and it was all downhill from there. I don't totally buy that assessment but at least for the next hundred or so years things aren't looking so good.

[–] redchert@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

According to some astrologers 2026 was supposed to be the best year this century.

[–] Edie@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

With JDPON Don? Maybe something grand happens

[–] redchert@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 5 days ago

Nah palmist ankur believes JDPON DON will croak soon and Vance will become president or be "elected" president 2028. Also the United States will collapse by 2033.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 points 5 days ago

I have pegged around that time to be the peak. At least from a technological standpoint.

With the exception of medical tech, it seems that most "advancements" in the last 10 years haven't represented actual quality of life improvements for the average person. Instead, they have been ways for corporations and governments to extract more money from us, gather more information, and exert more control.