My great grandparents were school teachers in West Virginia round about this time, both born in 1898. Still remember a pic of grandad with his all-male students. He had a rough suit and tie, very dignified. The boys were all barefoot.

Yes, injustice is rampant. Ever seen a "White's Only" sign? I have. I've seen black families living in Louisiana shacks I wouldn't house my pig in. Young people can't imagine what it was like being gay in the 80s. Ever heard the term f** bashing? It was a perfectly acceptable sport. Yes, a sport. Had an informative chat with a very pretty trans lady today at the pet store. I so wanted to give her the pin off my purse. Wasn't sure if that would be insulting, and also, I wasn't 100% sure she was born male. Who knows?

Yes, the wealth gap is astonishing and the cause of most of our ills. We had pharaohs and kings back in the day, yet neither Musk nor Bezos can order your summary execution. We live like monarchs compared to our forefathers.

Bill Gates was quoted saying, "When I walk into a grocery store and look at all the products you can choose, I say, 'My God!' No king ever had anything like I have in my grocery store today." I spent $256 at Aldi today. A new record! And my family of four will indeed eat like kings for the next three weeks, 4 pounds of shrimp included. Imagine that!

Yes, the West, particularly America, is on a steep fall towards fascism. Hell, it's here already. Now Germany is the economic engine of Europe, and Japan is the world's 5th largest economy, just shy of India. With a lot fewer people!

Yes, this has all happened before. Your great and grand parents lived it. And here you are commenting on lemmy!

“And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.”

― Kurt Vonnegut Jr., A Man Without a Country

BTW, I'd advise y'all to read some Vonnegut. It's freaky how all his experiences, fears and predictions came true. A second time in some cases! Weird. Reading his work is like becoming unstuck in time.

Touch grass and listen to the birds.

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