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minus-square@1984linkEnglish0•edit-210 months agoI 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.
minus-squareReady! Player 31OPMlinkfedilinkEnglish55•10 months ago 60s, 70s and 80s…people were free. Hmm, straight white males were free. Everyone else, not so much.
minus-square@SCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-210 months agoYou’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.
minus-square@jarfil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish22•10 months ago I think the best time was the 60s, 70s and 80s…people were free. Depends on the country: Portugal’s dictature ended in 1974 Spain’s dictature ended in 1975 Chile’s dictature lasted the 70s and 80s Berlin wall fell in 1989 USSR collapsed in 1991
minus-square@Gabu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•10 months agoBrazil was also a dictatorship at the time (funded by yours truly, 'murica)
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)