This. Hope was something we all had back in the 90s. We all thought we were still moving in the right direction. Nobody (even the wealthy) feels that way anymore. These days, we’re either just trying to survive, or we’re cashing in as fast as we can before it all collapses.
It’s definitely felt that way. But climate change, the biodiversity crisis, and end-stage capitalism were all already in the pipeline, most of us just weren’t being forced to confront them yet.
they might have been in the pipeline, but due to the success we had against CFCs and other pollution issues, we felt like it was just another battle to progress. Then 9/11 happened, and instead of fighting to improve things, we fought to keep things, and then just got kicked in the face repeatedly.
So I’ve been told. I was born mid to late '90s. I finally got my mom to admit she wouldn’t have had me if she knew things would be this bad. I can’t remember a time when I had hope.
late 80s here. We had a nice world before 9/11. there was hope.
This. Hope was something we all had back in the 90s. We all thought we were still moving in the right direction. Nobody (even the wealthy) feels that way anymore. These days, we’re either just trying to survive, or we’re cashing in as fast as we can before it all collapses.
It’s definitely felt that way. But climate change, the biodiversity crisis, and end-stage capitalism were all already in the pipeline, most of us just weren’t being forced to confront them yet.
they might have been in the pipeline, but due to the success we had against CFCs and other pollution issues, we felt like it was just another battle to progress. Then 9/11 happened, and instead of fighting to improve things, we fought to keep things, and then just got kicked in the face repeatedly.
So I’ve been told. I was born mid to late '90s. I finally got my mom to admit she wouldn’t have had me if she knew things would be this bad. I can’t remember a time when I had hope.
Yeah my children remind me daily how awesome I had it, and I had no clue how just good I had it.
It was just the 90s though, the 80s sucked too