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Ever felt like something is very wrong with the world but can't put it into words? Here are those words. (henryfudgeofficial.substack.com)
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Degeneracy is a Symptom: On Conspicuous Despair, the Ponzi stage of being alive, and why your grandparents are wrong about you.

tl;dr: Wealth consolidation and oligopolies have stagnated economic growth. This you probably know, but the author amazingly shows that the rise of "social degeneracy" is merely a symptom of this problem. He tracks this phenomenon around the world and throughout history. We either tackle the problem early and directly or--my words, not his--the rivers will flow with blood.

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[–] [S] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

i mostly read people who were long dead before the internets and probably majority of those ghosts haven’t even seen screens

That means you are less likely to understand the cultural context they are writing in and how they are speaking to it (ie marketing themselves).

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    That means you are less likely to understand the cultural context they are writing in and how they are speaking to it (ie marketing themselves).

    "less likely" indeed. Luckily there are other ways to catch up with the "cultural context"

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