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this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2023
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I think the best time was the 60s, 70s and 80s...people were free.
But yeah, seems it constantly gets worse to live on this planet. Even though we have better tech now, it feels like people are very powerless.
We don't optimize for human happiness, we optimize for maximum profits.
Hmm, straight white males were free. Everyone else, not so much.
Yeah. Now we are all not free I guess. :)
You're literally more free than in the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
Unless you're Vietnamese or from another country that got dealt the raw end.
Depends on the country:
Brazil was also a dictatorship at the time (funded by yours truly, 'murica)