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Most people that retire don't turn into murderers or anarchists. I find very interesting how people tend to picture the worst possible scenarios, maybe a lot of Movies or TV influence?

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How about news? Look at what Paris looks like right now with a small minority of "aimless youths" and multiply that by 1000x

There will always be places with social revolts. Still a tiny tiny fraction of how it was in the past.

Watching news can distort your perspective very quickly.

So 'now' has a problem. We have no means to know if our social environment is actually stable or not. Currently we are in a long 'peace' after WWII. Maybe it will remain, and improving technology will improve our lives and and things will continue to remain stable. Or, we'll have further climate instability coupled with AI labor displacement and things will go to shit faster than they ever have in history.

The point is people that believe the world will be stable in the future are more apt to build a stable future. If everyone is watching the news and they believe the future will be unstable, then the future will become unstable as a self fulfilling prophecy.

Technology that's putting those folks out of work (and into rioting, etc.) will also provide the tools to repress them. I don't like it, but that's the way it seems to me. E.g. Hong Kong.

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