At no point in my lifetime has there not been war going on in the Middle East

And every time you look closely, there's a Burgerland president somehow involved. I wonder if there's anything we could do...

It's amazing how so many people blatantly break the rules of this comm. I'd say it's most posters.

This breaks rules 2 and 3.

Ok, so basically it was being predicted that the future was going to suck, before I was even born. So it only made sense that my parents would want to have sex and create me. Because if the world is going to suck, then I should get to experience that, right?

So boomers, I want you to take note. This world sucking right now, has nothing to do with Millenials, ok? Even your generation knew the world was headed to fascism before we were ever born. This one's on you. And also most other stuff is on you as well. I mean seriously, you ruined TMNT:Secret of the ooze! The first TMNT movie was awesome! I'm 42, and legitimately thinking of rewatching it just for the character work. It was dark. It was gritty. But kids could still enjoy it. But adults could ALSO enjoy it.

Then you smooth brained knuckleheads got together and said the turtles can't use their weapons. The tone needs to be more cartoonish. There were so many restrictions that we didn't get anywhere near the same level of quality as the first movie. Somehow what we got was Vanilla Ice rapping in a warehouse for 15 minutes? Um.....what?

Yes I'm still mad about that. I told you 34 years ago it was stupid. You told me I'd understand when I'm older. Well, I'm older, and you're still in the wrong for that one, and I'm still mad. Oh, and don't even get me started on TMNT 3. What the fuck was THAT shit??? These are YOUR policies. You did this.

Now a boomer is in the white house, bombing the middle east. I bet when we get a millenial president, it'll be the most boring president ever, and we can all stop being stressed over what new hell we'll get to experience when we wake up in the morning.

Clinton was known for getting a blowjob. Bush was known for 9/11. Obama is known for Obamacare. Trump is going to be known as a pedophile. Biden is going to be known for......uh.......history is probably going to forget Biden existed. He didn't really DO anything. Which was nice, because the previous 4 years had been hell. Then we got Biden, and all was ok. And now we're back in hell, except now it's amplified.

I like boring politics.

Nothing lasts forever. Sure, you could see this as a continuation of Western imperialism (it is), which could be seen as a continuation of Roman imperialism (more debatable), but the Mongols were at it at some point too, and the Egyptians and the Akkadians (and those more knowledgeable than me can surely provide more examples) so idk, at least the villains and the geographical regions affected change over time, lol. Will we reach some "end of history" moment, where we're all sufficiently moral and humane not to engage in forced labour, murder and pillage for the sake of comfort and profits? Maybe, maybe we'll destroy ourselves, directly or indirectly (is our planet okay or at least okay-ish?!), before that happens. 🤷

I'm sorry, I meant to be more positive with my reply but this is what came out. 🥲

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Rule 2 is that the shower thought must be contained in the title. The main shower thought is in the title. The extra text is an explanation of the thought.

Rule 3 is no politics, but a) everything is politics and b) the rule mentions that if one is making a potentially political post, they should avoid using political terms like “capitalism” and “communism.” I didn’t use those terms. I also didn’t explicitly state comparisons like worse/better. So I’m pretty sure I’ve met the grey-area requirements of rule 3.

You are picking and choosing your predictions from 1984 though. The UK hasn't become airstrip one and ingsoc hasn't taken over. Newspeak is something we often bemoan when politicians speak but that's more of a critical shorthand than accusing them of actually talking in double plus ungood words. There is still a royal as the head of state and the capitalists hold the power. There is no room 101 in London (except for the TV show). We are more connected to the rest of the world and aware of the shit that's happening than in the 1940s.

Orwell may have been prescient in some areas but also wrong in others. It's a bit like Nostradamus. Add salt to both.

1984 wasn't exactly about wars. It was about systemic oppression. If you want to see how boot on the face looks like, just watch some documentaries about North Korea