• cerement@slrpnk.net
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    people who’ve had their future ripped away from them, thrown out in the street, and repeatedly run over

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      To be fair, this started with millennials. We’ve known we’re fucked for many years now. But we didn’t grow up with it the same way that these kids did. We thought we had a future for a little while.

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        I’m from 1980. I’m glad I don’t have children. I hope I can avoid the water wars, but I’m not sure I’ll choose to stay around long enough to see Hayley’s Comet again. I don’t think the collapse of global society (including, but not limited to the Internet) is eminent, but it does seem damn-near unavoidable: We need to act globally soon, and convincing/replacing current global leadership seems like it will take too long.