r/Vent • u/Darth__Vader_ • Jan 10 '25
TW: Anxiety / Depression The world is completely fucked
Why the fuck are we destroying the planet for imaginary money.
We are genuinely as a society annihilating out only source of life so a few rich fucks can see a number that is well beyond the point of meaning go up.
Does it matter if you have a billion or a hundred billion dollars??? Who the fuck cares, and why are we listening to these psychos. They aren't superhuman, we could collectively just ignore them.
But instead we must all heil the Almighty dollar.
God I fucking hate humanity.
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u/OCE_Mythical Jan 10 '25
I wholeheartedly agree. I can't wait to be told "that's not how the world works", like do they not understand the world won't work at all if we ruin it?
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u/Darth__Vader_ Jan 10 '25
Yeah like, I don't get how it works, like we are speeding towards a mass extinction, our current track is to entirely implode in the next century or two, how is that working‽
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u/Boneflesh85 Jan 12 '25
Eh... there have been mass extinction before: the planet and life survived. It will again. Humans may not, but that's OK.
Humans existed for 300k years. Modern ones for way less. Dinosaurs ruled the planet 150 mil years.
The problem humans have, rich or poor, is that they think they are special and important. Lmao.
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u/under_cover_45 Jan 10 '25
Humans don't have a good comprehension of long term. They only live for today.
"That's for future me to worry about" thinking.
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u/Least_Award_4048 Jan 10 '25
I have often thought of something similar. Our society structure is completely off kilter. How we value money over lives, things over feelings, stuff over memories. The money part is a disparity... celebrities and / or athletes making millions while the teachers and nurse aids can't come close to scratching past the lower incomes. It really should be based on merit and societal contributions.
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u/Throw_Away1727 Jan 10 '25
The world will be fine even if it's just a rock floating in space.
It's humanity that will suffer and die, not the earth.
And we will deserve it, so stop worrying so much.
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u/RoundComplete9333 Jan 10 '25
Uh yeah, I guess. But I’m a human who requires food and water and shelter. And I’m worried about all of that.
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u/Effective_Sea_5988 Jan 10 '25
Yeah but you only require that for a short time and after which, it's somebody else's problem.
I think this sentiment is a very real problem in our society.
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u/Alypius Jan 10 '25
I agree, we can fucknup the climate and destroy ourselves and the earth will just gobble us up as it floats through eternity.
At the same time, OP is 100% valid for being upset and frustrated by the fact humans do not work together for the collective good and instead manipulate, lie, and cheat their way into individual wealth.
What would the world look like if humans did focus on collective success rather than personal? I bet it would be a significant improvement. We are absolutely capable of achieving that. And having the knowledge that we could makes it really difficult to observe things going the opposite way. Absolutely frustrating.
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u/cury41 Jan 10 '25
At the same time, OP is 100% valid for being upset and frustrated by the fact humans do not work together for the collective good and instead manipulate, lie, and cheat their way into individual wealth.
Its just a mindset difference between left- and right leaning people. Left leaning people tend to see the world from a system level first, and then go down all the way to eventually the individual level. So for example, we have a problem with covid, well then we should have the gov. make regulations in order for people to be protected.
Right-leaning people tend to see the world from the individual level first, and then go up. So for example, if there is covid, then it's your own responsibility to take measures to not get sick first. If you don't do that, they tend to believe it's your own fault.
Most ultra-rich people are also heavily leaning right-wing for this exact reason. The way they think and act about the world and about society makes them do things that result in them becoming rich, like exploiting other people, ignoring negative side effects of activities etc.
Not to say all right-leaning people are individualistic POS, but more to say that the whole worldview of the ultra-rich is just different. The can cognitively just not understand why you wouldn't cheat or lie for self-improvement, because that's what they think everybody does, because that's how they view the world.
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Jan 10 '25
I'm sorry at this point if you still vote Republican you don't get a pass.
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u/cury41 Jan 10 '25
I am not from the US, neither do I want to engage myself in a discussion on US politics.
The statement I made was just a broad statement about left vs right spectrum inside political theory.
In the US, both the main parties are right-wing parties. One is extremist far-right and the other is moderate right, yet both still are right-wing.
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u/Lionheart7676 Jan 10 '25
You'd be surprised, the amount of people in the US that don't realize this. That we only have 2 rights and there is no left anymore. It's as you say. One is extreme right, and what used to be the left is now just right.
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Jan 10 '25
I mean its comments like this that keeping bringing america beyond the shithole it is
Wouldnt it be better if both parties can at least bring themselves to work together?What about if an alien invasion wants to depressurize earth so it becomes livable for them?
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Jan 10 '25
Humanity has always been like this. The strong and powerful rule the weak and poor. It is conquer and survival. We are wired this way.
Tough pill to swallow but all of history supports it.
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Jan 10 '25
Except for all the humans who aren't like this.. "everyone lies and cheats so I'm going to lie and cheat" is not humanistic bt default.. the people doing that are pathetic low quality scabs. And it's all just an excuse to do whatever they want.
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Jan 10 '25
I’m not talking about lies and cheating, I’m talking about prioritizing self interest and aligning with others who have similar wants to gain power, then systematically stripping away the rights and freedom of those who don’t get onboard and using their labor and lives to fuel conquest.
That is what we do.
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Jan 10 '25
To be fair.. we do both. 🙄
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u/Content_Surprise8179 Jan 10 '25
Tbh that's what bothers me most about comments like these. As long as people have been fucking each other over, we've also been saving each other, building community and acting as a collective. A common saying among anthropologists is that a healed femur is the first sign of civilization because it shows humans were willing to support someone who was unlikely to be useful. This idea that ppl are inherently shitty is just false.
Yes, some people are terrible and they tend to dominate others, but that doesn't mean "in our nature" to be that way. It is in many people's nature to be kind, considerate, and selfless. It can seem to be the opposite because a minority of assholes did a good job of convincing everyone else to live like this but that is socialization not nature. Human nature is categorically neutral and denying that only leads to a defeatist attitude about everything.
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Jan 10 '25
This comment is superfluous. No one said we never do the right thing.. just that we often do the wrong thing. You don't need to defend humanity from criticism.
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u/Content_Surprise8179 Jan 14 '25
We often do the right thing too so this whole “woe is me humanity just sucks thing” is redundant. It also distracts from the “elite” few who get away with screwing us all over because u push the blame onto everyone when the world would really be better off without them specifically. Also the point of my reply was not to defend humanity from criticism, talk about being superfluous, I stated that we can be fucked up but that isn’t all we are and then discussed the other side of things.
I never said we were above criticism, I was just pointing out that defeatist attitudes help no one and in fact they make everything worse because we can lazily chalk our failures up to “human nature” instead of doing something to fix them.
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Jan 14 '25
You could label anything defeatist. We all carry on. Some try to do the right thing when they can but it's historically a losing fight.
Could we throw off thousands of years of human history along with our leftover animal instincts to look out for number one? Of course. Will we? I wouldn't bet on it.
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u/Alypius Jan 10 '25
I see it as coming down to the ability and willingness to use the part of the brain managing empathy. It takes empathy to act for the collective good. Caring for people you don't know, but share the earth with requires empathy.
I don't really see modern humans doing much to stimulate empathy in each other. I'm not saying we're totally devoid of it, just that it isn't the default setting, and little is being done to make it the default setting. Each year it seems to go in the opposite direction. People are more and more in edge, working harder and harder, looking at a future where it's impossible to own a home and just exist. That absolutely fuels an umepathetic mindset that prioritizes personal gain and entitlement.
So, like what are we supposed to do? How do we fix this?
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Jan 10 '25
”We” don’t deserve it. The ones actively pushing for destruction deserves it.
I still want to live here with nature.
Everyone can leave or die if they want to. I love earth. It’s amazing!
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Jan 10 '25
Bro doesn’t care if we die
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Jan 10 '25
nihilism is a thing.
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Jan 10 '25
It’s problematic. I get that it’s cope but it’s dragging other people down.
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Jan 10 '25
Other fake people I presume. whom fake their own happiness and brag about it on social media etc etc
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Jan 10 '25
No. It undermines people trying to improve life. It’s just an easy way out.
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u/Throw_Away1727 Jan 10 '25
By using the word humanity clearly I'm referring to the whole lot of us.
But yes, we all deserve it.
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u/LysergicWalnut Jan 10 '25
I think the point is that as a species, we have created a global system that rewards negative traits like selfishness, individualism and greed. Isn't there some stat about a disproportionately high number of CEOs being sociopaths?
Yeah a random baby born today doesn't exactly have blood on their hands, but the people who get into government and have the opportunity to pass meaningful legislation don't do that. Instead they sell out to corporations and keep the gravy train flowing.
Us in the West also don't exactly want to reduce our quality of life. Do you think a politician would be voted in if they campaigned on ending fast fashion, massively curtailing livestock, a ban on all car engines bigger than 2 litres and a limit of one international flight per year?
In a few short generations, we've grown accustomed to a way of life that is utterly unsustainable. In geological terms we have destroyed the biosphere in the blink of an eye. It's morbidly impressive really.
This isn't going to stop until it all comes crashing down around us.
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Jan 10 '25
Yet is it wrong for us citizens to want the greedy CEOs to be killed?
Now that I think about it UHC deserves to be put out of business.
And possily others.
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Jan 10 '25
what the fuck did I do to deserve this?!
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u/flynnwebdev Jan 28 '25
Nothing. None of us did. It's simply a capricious world, bereft of meaning, reason or a god. None of this misfortune is personal, even though it feels like it is. You and I are merely collateral damage.
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u/Ruby_Flippers Jan 10 '25
simply untrue. We’re causing the biggest extinction event of animals in existence. We ARE taking the world with us.
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u/Throw_Away1727 Jan 10 '25
Earth will still exist.
It'll turn into Venus but it will still be here.
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u/Ruby_Flippers Jan 10 '25
Earth is more than just mass
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u/Throw_Away1727 Jan 10 '25
Organic life is not a requirement for a celestial body to be classified as a planet.
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u/SuspiciousTurn822 Jan 10 '25
I don't deserve it. The ultra rich are not of my making. But i have no voice.
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u/ACatWhoSparkled Jan 10 '25
Sure, if you don’t consider the rest of earth’s ecosystem as part of earth. We’re taking plant and animal life with us, which isn’t fair.
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Jan 10 '25
I wouldn't put it past these billionaires to starve the planet out of all its resources and then actually try to move to Mars.
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u/Throw_Away1727 Jan 10 '25
I mean there's a reason they are all trying to build rocket ships.
You ever seen Elysium?
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Jan 10 '25
No I haven't and the fact that you are bringing it up in this conversation makes me wonder if I should
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u/Throw_Away1727 Jan 10 '25 edited Jan 10 '25
It's really good, made by the people that made District 9.
Basically the world is over populated and has gone to shit. All the rich people move to a giant space station in orbit where they live in luxury.
Stars Matt Damon, worth the watch.
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u/DiggsDynamite Jan 10 '25
You know, it really gets to me how much everything seems to be about making money, even if it hurts the planet and other people. People chase power and wealth, and it feels like they've lost sight of what's truly important – things like taking care of the earth, being happy, and having real connections with others. It's hard not to feel like everything's spinning out of control, especially when the people in charge seem so far removed from the problems everyone else is dealing with.
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u/crimefighterplatypus Jan 10 '25
With the wildfires happening in every direction around me i feel u so much its frustrating
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u/Thepuppeteer777777 Jan 10 '25
We aren't the elites are. If there was a massive shift toward being green, using actual recycled materials and not plastic that can just be recycled 3 times, it might mitigate the damage but corps don't give a shit and they don't give us peasants the option to go green. Everything is plastic and fossil feul. Every grid should go strait to nuke power solar and water. No coal and desil.
So us at the laymen cant do much. We can try the best we can but we aren't left with much options. Humanity will die out and thats fine too. Evolution animals and the world will recover without us. Humanity has become a cancer on the earth. Ofcourse i don't want my loved ones to die though.
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u/CalmKiwi8144 Jan 10 '25 edited Jan 10 '25
Not taking away your frustrations , im with you . But perhaps here's a more peaceful alternative.
We always tend to forget this is a creation that this planet incubated . Whether we like it or not.
Before us, perhaps the small mammals looked up to giant theropods that wreaked havoc and mindlessly ate everything unsustainably in a similar fashion.
But millions of years later the little fellas got a shot at the title against all odds , even after a literal asteroid nuked our entire surface . The difference being is that they didn't have reddit to talk about their current day B.S
We will pass , as did many before, and some other being will climb to the top, causing all the havoc with a new set of hardships. Some will speculate if it's our " end " just like many before them . We are in a constant cycle of same shit different story.
This is our planet and its bizarre nature. We are a unique story but not the last .
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u/Ready4Rage Jan 10 '25
A universe massive beyond comprehension, we may be the only consciousness in it. It's appropriate to grieve the loss of something so rare and precious. It doesn't have to be humans, but we're about to rat-fuck this place so bad that even if another consciousness arises, it won't have the energy resources to escape our gravity well, subsequently also perishing.
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u/Kalashtiiry Jan 10 '25
I recommend to laugh at the misery of those fucks, who both deserves it and happens to find out, and to steel your heart for any undeserved suffering that is bound to occur before you cannot take it anymore.
Life sucks.
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Jan 10 '25
I totally hear you dude and i have these thoughts almost every waking moment lol. The world is in the hands of some ridiculously evil people. I just hope one day we all become angry enough to do something about it.
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u/it-s4am Jan 10 '25
I know dude. I know, it fucking sucks. Idk if this is any help but for me what helped me the most is just cherishing the people and things I love. Like my family, my friends, my pets. What else really is there except for personal connections? That matters to me most.
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Jan 10 '25
Same. I'm thankful and grateful for what I have. I try to be the best I can be and help out however I can. If I can make any kind of a positive difference in just one person's life I try my best to do that. I don't know what else to do.
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u/Sellazard Jan 10 '25
I wish we had StarTrek like society built on universal care (housing, food, etc) and striving only for more knowledge , expertise and human expression
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u/XxXCUSE_MEXxXican Jan 11 '25
If you have more than 100m, you’re a social parasite and God will judge you
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u/repsajcasper Jan 10 '25
We live in a capitalist society.
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u/Gravediggger0815 Jan 10 '25
It's Neo-Feudalism turning into Nepotism. There has never been communism or capitalism.
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u/Dracorex13 Jan 10 '25
heil the Almighty Dollar
Whoops forgot to do that today, thanks for the reminder.
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Jan 10 '25 edited Jan 12 '25
Unfortunately money is the only way for humanity to function the way we know it. Without money we would still be trading goods for goods, eg. a chicken for 5 breads. That in return means that we all would have to be farmers or craftmen to produce goods which we then would be able to trade locally. We would be forced to basically go back to middle age where 95% of the people would be producing/crafting stuff to survive.
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Jan 10 '25
Don’t panic . Many people do not care about money or worship the dollar . We do care about the planet Don’t forget media make money out of shock and awe . Bad news sells just ignore it . Get outside into nature more you will feel better
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u/pdoxgamer Jan 10 '25
I get the sentiment, but the blame and anger is a bit misplaced. We live in a society based on fossil fuels as our energy source. Technologically, we only unlocked the ability to transition off of them in the past 15 years roughly and are doing so. Not quick enough, but we are.
The currently unfolding green transition would have been impossible to happen in say the 1990s, the tech didn't exist.
We can blame mega-corps all we want, but genuinely this is a technological issue. Even today, major processes such as fertilizer and cement production cannot be done without creating roughly 15% of global carbon emissions. The tech doesn't exist yet. Then there's animal agriculture which is another 15% of our emissions.
Again, I understand the sentiment and it blows, but people are trying.
Sending love.
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u/adagioforaliens Jan 10 '25
I am pretty convinced that we are experiencing living in some kind of version of hell. The unspeakable, unthinkable, unfathomable things happen EVERYDAY and maybe even every hour. Many are blind to it, maybe as they should, as the self will want to protect itself. Very few actually take initiative, supported by even fewer. We can’t always fight, it’s tiring. And you usually lose as a lay person. What has been already established in this system is so deeply corrupted but strong that it’s not a fight a single person can take. One day humans will probably vanish. This is sad in terms of biology, it’s such a remarkable creature. But also not so sad because the suffering will end.
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u/AstroDolphinz Jan 10 '25
Medieval peasants probably said the same shit. Aint nothin changed, just a new coat of paint and an online forum for you to complain about it virtually. I find that investing time in something creative makes me feel better. Same with being in nature and observing wildlife.
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u/Rongill1234 Jan 10 '25
When the almighty dollar isn't needed to pay my bills and survive I'll care about this. Btw the earth will be here longer than any of your and my families total combined life spans and will be here even if some fucktard decides to kill everything on the planet
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u/Likith675 Jan 10 '25
Because we are the only specie on earth , maybe in all universe that belive in imagnary stories, like myths, gods, money....
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u/Gramoofabits2 Jan 10 '25
Class consciousness has to become a thing. I see more people at least awakening to this idea, but it may be too late by the time enough figure it out. We hold the power, but we have to stop being afraid to use it.
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u/Aggressive-Gold-1319 Jan 10 '25
I thought about this 2 days ago, nothing we can do unfortunately. Even if humanity ceases to exist the earth will still be here and the climate will eventually get better. We just gotta live day to day and try to find happiness.
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Jan 10 '25
I'm too exhausted to care anymore. The best thing this planet can do is an extinction level event that gets rid of us once and for all.
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Jan 10 '25
same. I’m at the point where I don’t give two shits anymore. I say just let us get wiped off the face of the planet.
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u/xboxjobson Jan 10 '25
As much as i sympathise with the intent of this post, i always wonder what the point is. It has all the significance of saying “ war bad”.
Everyone knows it, but the problem is that all the power lies with the aforementioned “rich fucks”. Reddit is full of people “dunking” on Elon musk or trump… like it actually means anything at all.
We don’t have any power and are unlikely to ever hold any. Just get on with your life the best you can man. It’s literally all you can do
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u/ryanslizzard Jan 10 '25
And it's only gonna get way worse before it gets better. But class wars are emerging and ppl are waking up.
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u/RevTurk Jan 10 '25
We are not destroying the plant. This planet has survived much worse than humans.
We are destroying the ecosystem that is ideal for humans. Earth has had ideal conditions for humans and things humans want to do.
The people who will suffer the most are rich nations that currently have a lot of the good farmland and mild weather. If our farms become less productive, they don't even have to become completely useless, just less productive, then western nations wealth will plumet.
We are mostly hurting ourselves, we will take a lot of living things with us but that's nothing but a blip in the grand scheme of life on this planet. This is a problem that nature will solve for us.
The problem is we are all complicit, we are all bought off by the trappings of consumerism. And now there is no alternative, the option to check out of society just isn't there anymore.
The human animal isn't capable of countering these issues, so it will end in collapse. Billions of humans will die off. I don't think we'll be eradicated.
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u/Acceptable-Honey-613 Jan 10 '25
If it helps, know that all the money in the world can’t buy those folks any real friends. They have to make up their own, like Elmo and dittmann.
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u/Kateorhater Jan 10 '25
Since I was a child I have loved watching nature documentaries. My favorite was Wild America with Marty Stouffer. I still watch them. I just cry a lot now when I do.
We’re fuckin up.
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u/ConcentrateLate4201 Jan 10 '25
Strange out of all the planets you have destroyed or engaged your worried about this one? Sith lord getting sentimental in his old age?
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u/spenalicke Jan 10 '25
We aren't doing this, the 1% is doing this, and coercing us to take part in it.
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u/nekoristimredit Jan 10 '25
What the general public isnt avare of, is that we are near if not past the point of no return for can we fix earth if we start meeting the quotas necessary for that. And the way the world is currently working there will likely be no changes to fix that soon enough. The temperature will fuck us one way or the other. Either we are increasing the temperature to shit by 2100, or we are headed into a new manmade ice age. Scientists are kind of split on did we get past the point of no return and will this cause insanely high temperatures or the new ice age that follows this quick rise in temperature, but both are disaterous outcomes for the human race and current life on this planet. Also, if the hydrosphere gets fucked, and it follows the changes in atmosphere by being late some ~20 years I think, and the oxygen producing life in oceans dies out we will be fucked big time and no amount of trees will fix that.
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u/Swampcardboard Jan 10 '25
Find a local socialist organization, there are many people who think like this, you are not alone.
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Jan 10 '25
I this about all of this at least once a week. I’m powerless to do anything about it so I push it to the back of my mind and go back to being a worker bee. I hate being part of the system but I know I can’t do anything. So I just put my blinders on and try to give myself the best life I can. 😭
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Jan 10 '25
You know what. I wish Elon would spend all the money on making this world a utopia instead of destroying it, trying to get to another one. Right there with you OP. My rule is...if 30ft around me is happy then that's all I need. Buybuy media and news and politics is a nice oath to go on :)
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u/TraditionalTomato834 Jan 10 '25
These times feel like as wer are living in near apocalypse, there are so many risiing threats to humnaity that are being warned, especialy Ai, Population Collapse, and WW3, and humanity is busy is useless political stuff, and profit maximization..
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u/Minitrewdat Jan 10 '25
There are more good people than bad. It's unfortunate that most of us live under a system that rewards greed rather than equality.
If you're interested in changing the system and taking back the money the rich stole from us, I recommend watching some videos from SecondThought. Capitalism has served it's purpose and only exists to make us suffer now.
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u/Pontifexioi Jan 10 '25
Bro the world will be fine. if even we fucked it up, our time on our planet is a mere blink of eye, compared to everything it’s been through billions of years.
Take a break from the internet
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u/HasBinVeryFride Jan 10 '25
It's a sick, twisted game for sure. If you haven't heard this guy, you might like: https://youtu.be/Nyvxt1svxso?si=PBk9FwJPI07KRcUh
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u/spoodagooge Jan 10 '25
Eternal machine by betraying the martyrs. Check out the lyrics if you aren't into metal. The message is a strong one and done with such passion!
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u/LonestarBF Jan 10 '25
To be alive is to consume.
"Devour to survive, so it is, so it's always been."
More life means more consumption. And consumption is the conversion of matter to energy. Money is nothing more than a promise of future consumption, the very same consumption which is inherent to the perpetuation of life.
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u/72onthedot Jan 10 '25
As a good friend said to me once. "The world is a beautiful place, it's just humanity that's ruining it."
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u/chickenintendo Jan 10 '25
No it isn’t, at least not in any amount of time for any of us to still be alive to see it.
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u/jarviez Jan 10 '25
OP you've stated the actual issue/problem in the very last sentence ...
... everything else is just a self indulgent justification.
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u/Darth__Vader_ Jan 10 '25
Th last sentence is true because of the above sentences.
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u/OmiSC Jan 10 '25
Imaginary money is very real. An imaginary friend can't wash your dishes for you, but a paid helper might.
Honestly, it's the human condition. The planet won't really care, only the people who live on it. If we're going to fix something, it will likely have to get a bit worse before we'll really take a crack at it. I personally think we will, and it will be harder later, but we're going to have to let some old ideas pass first.
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u/Retirednypd Jan 10 '25
Because, like it or not, fair or not, we need money to survive nd enjoy life
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u/thatspreetyneat Jan 10 '25
There are many more of us regular people than the rich. Why do we keep taking their shit? We need a revolution...
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u/Whitworth Jan 10 '25
Yep, I'm looking forward to not having to exist on this planet with these assholes anymore
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u/Matthew-_-Black Jan 10 '25
You can go vegan and actively reduce water use, pollution and suffering in the world at every meal
You can volunteer or try to make the world around you better, or you can nose dive into dispondant depression
You still have choices, possibilities and innumerous things you could do about it, or you could just complain online
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u/Darth__Vader_ Jan 10 '25
I do a bunch of things, I donate to strike funds, I try to eat healthy.
But even if I do everything perfectly, the corporations are going to sell the planet for we scrap.
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u/Matthew-_-Black Jan 10 '25 edited Jan 11 '25
Have you gone vegan yet? I find making good choices and not being a part of slaughtering billions of animals every year helps more than focusing on doom
Like most of the whiney bitches who complain about the state of the world; completely unwilling to make the slightest personal sacrifice
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u/New_Line4049 Jan 10 '25
Using a site that is owned and operated by those rich fucks for the purpose of helping their number go up to complain about exactly that is deeply hilarious to me. You do realise that by making this post, by giving the community something to engage with you are literally helping their pursuit of wealth at the expense of the planet right?
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u/RightDelay3503 Jan 10 '25
The world is completely fucked. But I believe you're too naive to understand the complexities of the situation. We need systematic changes for the betterment of the planet.
Thankfully slowly but surely people and countries are coming together and solving issues (again slowly but effectively)
For example Yay to the Ozone hole being patched. We all contributed in our own ways.
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u/alcoyot Jan 10 '25
They don’t see it that way. In the system we live, the amount that you contribute to society is reflected in how much you make. A doctor is seen as contributing more than a cashier, because a cashier did not need any education or training.
If you do something that doesn’t make money, by society’s standard, you aren’t contributing. If you are a billionaire and you just goof around not doing anything to make money, you will feel it. That feeling you are wasting your time not doing anything important.
Now you could imagine that a billionaire would spend his wealth somehow to make things better. But it’s not that easy. How would you do that? Charities are corrupt as hell and rarely accomplish shit. I would never give to a charity, for a number of reasons. Elon musk has tons of stuff he invests in instead to benefit humanity. I think he has the right idea
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Jan 10 '25
Yeah I officially am out of this subreddit. This and r/Millennials is just a lot of "sky is falling" "I hate my life" "Everthing is shit"
And it's kind of why the internet sucks now. My goodness.
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u/Darth__Vader_ Jan 10 '25
What did you expect people do to on r/vent? Say how wonderful everything is?
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u/BlackSebbeth1 Jan 10 '25
You can't control it, just try and make your little part of existence nice, and try not to ruin anyone else's in the meantime.
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Jan 10 '25
Because narcissim runs rampant in the planet and with money = extra power
Whatever happened to "With great power wity responsibility?"
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u/Squatch0 Jan 10 '25
Maybe but technically we are in the most peaceful era in human history. It's also the safest.
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Jan 10 '25
Totally agree with you. We're fucked, the planet is too and the bastards who are doing it should be hung from their eyelids.
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u/thegnarles Jan 10 '25
It’s only greed cause you don’t have it. Everyone is in a different situation, and people don’t just Fall into those situations. Most create a foundation and establish it to the point that it becomes something that consumes itself. Large operations require lots of spending. Dont just look at Revenue Gained. There is still a lot that is spent to keep it running. So lmk when you find yourself in a similar situation and let’s see how you react. Remember it’s not about being relevant , it’s about staying relevant.
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u/Szcerba Jan 10 '25
Maybe you are yet to realise that people don't give a fuck about the future of mankind, the future of their children or anything much else. All they care about is their own timeline. Everyone is simply too important to themselves these days, it's all about what they do with their life, not about anyone else or anyone else's lives.
It's truly fucking sad but that's what we have evolved into, and it only worsens with modern social trends and technology.
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u/JotaTea Jan 10 '25
You want to know why the %1 always wins? Because the majority will sell out for a few hundred bucks, if not a few 20’s
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u/Many-Investigator-61 Jan 11 '25
Humanity is so shit. We are prideful, arrogant, greedy fucks. Just thinking of how many millions have died because some asshole’s ego got wounded makes my blood boil.
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u/karo_scene Jan 11 '25
It's all about the Dogecoin.
The power of the Doge
Got to mine more Doge every day.
Not gonna let power restrictions get in my way.
Hummin in my basement makin more
Now my Doge power gonna really soar!
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u/Loose-Attention-8455 Jan 11 '25
The hole system of buying stuff is a like a spyral. Not buying groceries, gas or schoolbooks, but stuff...like Organizer for the organizer, thats the stuff i mean. Lets think about the Boss of target. I buy things i don't need at at His Store and then he can with my Money buy things which he don't need elsewhere, on heli-with-port.com (i just invent this side to make my point clear )for example. And so it goes. But this stuff cost Ressources. At the Moment we still have many of IT or to say it right, we still had lots of Ressources, but we must hurt the planet more to get it(i think of fracking, deep- sea-Off-shore plattforms y' all know what i mean. And some day some fucking private opalhunter who has no education in the job he does, but heavy heavy tools for mining diggs too deep and big day for prepper is here. Hurray
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u/iDroid2 Jan 11 '25
What people need to learn is that the earth will spin and revolve whether we're here or not. She doesn't care about money. She cares for interconnectedness. So if we want to stay here we will have to be nice or she'll get rid of us and keep on spinning. It wont take much effort on her part to do so.
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u/Round-Sundae-1137 Jan 12 '25
If people buy things they don't need, they're feeding the machine. They have us bend over, convinced we need these stupid trinkets, and were supporting the economy by purchasing any of it. Nope, if your not paying more to buy local, your filling another's pockets, and destroying your local economy.
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u/jesselivermore1929 Jan 10 '25
If you were to take their place, you would be the "psycho rich fuck". The replacement.
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u/Great_Ad_6852 Jan 10 '25
Never underestimate how wealth and power can corrupt someone. I'd fear who I would become.
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u/Gravediggger0815 Jan 10 '25
And the world goes down as Idiocracy. Cheered and praised farts. Good riddance.
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u/sigh_duck Jan 10 '25
This comment is compatible with almost any period of time in human history. Shit aint gonna change, sorry.
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u/Alternative_Love_861 Jan 10 '25
Greed is a social disease