▲ 360 ▼ The End of Trans Rights in the UK Is the Start of Democratic Collapse (www.liberalcurrents.com) submitted 3 months ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world 114 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 3 months ago (2 children) Okay Europe, show us Americans how it's done. Fix this shit. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] EvasiveSpecies@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago (1 child) Europe is pretty fucked too. MAGA inspired political parties (many, if not all, sponsored by tge same people who support MAGA) with the same idiots or evil people you guys have in America in several countries... the future's unfortunately looking VERY bleak. :/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pandasdontfly@anarchist.nexus 17 points 3 months ago (4 children) Basically the world is fucked. Its bad only going to get worse I can only assume this is the start of a trend that is going to take a 80+ years to run its course... Fuck me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] quarkquasar@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 child) Unless there's a pandemic of intelligence out of nowhere, it's probably the end of the modern world in some soon-ish timeframe. Although we are going through an extinction event, and I suppose if it's one severe enough to kill anything over a certain size, humans will probably go along with it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 1 point 3 months ago it’s probably the end of the modern world in some soon-ish timeframe. yeah, the modern world is mostly defined by full employment, which comes from technological progress. so unless there's a new invention to kick something to start of the scale of the industrial revolution, yeah large-scale employment (with meaningful pay) and with it democracy are done for. intelligence isn't gonna change anything about it unless it can bring said inventions. maybe spaceflight can generate some jobs but i don't think it would be enough, only a step. yeah, we're heading for a new medieval age. better get cushy with it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] EvasiveSpecies@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago Yup. We were born just in time to see the world around us crumble from idiocy and vileness. It's happening everywhere and looking at the newsat this point is just... exhausting. You are told to dustract yourself and find community - which is great! - but THIS is still the reality we are moving towards. permalink fedilink source parent [–] multifariace@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago Medieval 2 permalink fedilink source parent [–] tixnou@feddit.cl 2 points 3 months ago I think you're being way too generous with that estimate there. We're probably gonna be extinct before that permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tabula_stercore@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago I agreed with the sentiment. However, UK is not my country, the UK is not in the EU. So there is not much political pressure I can generate. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EvasiveSpecies@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago (1 child) Europe is pretty fucked too. MAGA inspired political parties (many, if not all, sponsored by tge same people who support MAGA) with the same idiots or evil people you guys have in America in several countries... the future's unfortunately looking VERY bleak. :/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pandasdontfly@anarchist.nexus 17 points 3 months ago (4 children) Basically the world is fucked. Its bad only going to get worse I can only assume this is the start of a trend that is going to take a 80+ years to run its course... Fuck me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] quarkquasar@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 child) Unless there's a pandemic of intelligence out of nowhere, it's probably the end of the modern world in some soon-ish timeframe. Although we are going through an extinction event, and I suppose if it's one severe enough to kill anything over a certain size, humans will probably go along with it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 1 point 3 months ago it’s probably the end of the modern world in some soon-ish timeframe. yeah, the modern world is mostly defined by full employment, which comes from technological progress. so unless there's a new invention to kick something to start of the scale of the industrial revolution, yeah large-scale employment (with meaningful pay) and with it democracy are done for. intelligence isn't gonna change anything about it unless it can bring said inventions. maybe spaceflight can generate some jobs but i don't think it would be enough, only a step. yeah, we're heading for a new medieval age. better get cushy with it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] EvasiveSpecies@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago Yup. We were born just in time to see the world around us crumble from idiocy and vileness. It's happening everywhere and looking at the newsat this point is just... exhausting. You are told to dustract yourself and find community - which is great! - but THIS is still the reality we are moving towards. permalink fedilink source parent [–] multifariace@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago Medieval 2 permalink fedilink source parent [–] tixnou@feddit.cl 2 points 3 months ago I think you're being way too generous with that estimate there. We're probably gonna be extinct before that permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pandasdontfly@anarchist.nexus 17 points 3 months ago (4 children) Basically the world is fucked. Its bad only going to get worse I can only assume this is the start of a trend that is going to take a 80+ years to run its course... Fuck me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] quarkquasar@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 child) Unless there's a pandemic of intelligence out of nowhere, it's probably the end of the modern world in some soon-ish timeframe. Although we are going through an extinction event, and I suppose if it's one severe enough to kill anything over a certain size, humans will probably go along with it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 1 point 3 months ago it’s probably the end of the modern world in some soon-ish timeframe. yeah, the modern world is mostly defined by full employment, which comes from technological progress. so unless there's a new invention to kick something to start of the scale of the industrial revolution, yeah large-scale employment (with meaningful pay) and with it democracy are done for. intelligence isn't gonna change anything about it unless it can bring said inventions. maybe spaceflight can generate some jobs but i don't think it would be enough, only a step. yeah, we're heading for a new medieval age. better get cushy with it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] EvasiveSpecies@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago Yup. We were born just in time to see the world around us crumble from idiocy and vileness. It's happening everywhere and looking at the newsat this point is just... exhausting. You are told to dustract yourself and find community - which is great! - but THIS is still the reality we are moving towards. permalink fedilink source parent [–] multifariace@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago Medieval 2 permalink fedilink source parent [–] tixnou@feddit.cl 2 points 3 months ago I think you're being way too generous with that estimate there. We're probably gonna be extinct before that permalink fedilink source parent
[–] quarkquasar@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 child) Unless there's a pandemic of intelligence out of nowhere, it's probably the end of the modern world in some soon-ish timeframe. Although we are going through an extinction event, and I suppose if it's one severe enough to kill anything over a certain size, humans will probably go along with it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 1 point 3 months ago it’s probably the end of the modern world in some soon-ish timeframe. yeah, the modern world is mostly defined by full employment, which comes from technological progress. so unless there's a new invention to kick something to start of the scale of the industrial revolution, yeah large-scale employment (with meaningful pay) and with it democracy are done for. intelligence isn't gonna change anything about it unless it can bring said inventions. maybe spaceflight can generate some jobs but i don't think it would be enough, only a step. yeah, we're heading for a new medieval age. better get cushy with it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 1 point 3 months ago it’s probably the end of the modern world in some soon-ish timeframe. yeah, the modern world is mostly defined by full employment, which comes from technological progress. so unless there's a new invention to kick something to start of the scale of the industrial revolution, yeah large-scale employment (with meaningful pay) and with it democracy are done for. intelligence isn't gonna change anything about it unless it can bring said inventions. maybe spaceflight can generate some jobs but i don't think it would be enough, only a step. yeah, we're heading for a new medieval age. better get cushy with it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EvasiveSpecies@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago Yup. We were born just in time to see the world around us crumble from idiocy and vileness. It's happening everywhere and looking at the newsat this point is just... exhausting. You are told to dustract yourself and find community - which is great! - but THIS is still the reality we are moving towards. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tixnou@feddit.cl 2 points 3 months ago I think you're being way too generous with that estimate there. We're probably gonna be extinct before that permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tabula_stercore@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago I agreed with the sentiment. However, UK is not my country, the UK is not in the EU. So there is not much political pressure I can generate. permalink fedilink source parent