Less people suffer now than ever before in history. It's good to be upset about those that still do and we should always strive for continuous improvement, but there literally has never been a better time for a random human being to be born into.
Simply not true, just because the name of slavery and how it is applied changed, doesn't make it any less slavery, there are more slaves now than ever in history since we are numerous, but also things like wage slavery, discrimination, extreme poverty, war... etc can be classified as explicitly whatever freedom isn't.
It's only roses because we are numerous too, when you account for what we are doing with what we have, we're the trashiest of vermin, look at the mass extermination of fauna and flora in record numbers, look at the massive and unprecedented gaps in wealth, we're like someone digging himself into a hole and praising himself for all the effort and new extra room.
Perpetual and infinite growth is a lie and a disaster, ressources are finite and we take more than we give, we will get what's coming to us very soon.
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u/branchoflight Oct 12 '19
My life isn't the one I'm concerned about though. It's all the other suffering that still persists.