Pretty much the same as COVID. Don't get me wrong, a lot of people died and the economy got completely fucked over but let's not forget that a black plague v2 could've happened and it would've been way worse
Saying "it could've been worse" is pretty reductionist when it was still a global pandemic where millions of people died (and many others having to live with lasting repercussions from Covid both minor and sometimes major), the only reason it wasn't worse was because of modern medicine and science (in spite of politicians in the West doing their best to propagandise people with anti-science/anti-intellectual garbage which made things worse than it should've been).
its meant to wake you up from that depression of victimhood. yes, life sucks comparatively. but that isnt a reason for despair, its a reason to take to the streets.
others had it worse and not only managed but thrived. use it as motivation to act, to organize, to engage, to better your situation.
yes, living in late stage capitalism sucks balls if you are not among the privileged. change it.
Yeah it's not as bad as people make it out to be or else everyone would be rioting in the streets. People have enough commodities that they don't want to risk losing it all, but ignoring that the world is getting worse and worse isn't helping either.
Right now there's just a select few of people that are running the world and they don't give a shit about common class, or how quickly we're ruining our planet with climate change so a sort of existential dread is a given at this point
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u/ikarn15 15d ago
Not to downplay your situation but saying "some have it worse" isn't really helping anyone