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buddy our ancestors didn’t even have light at night nor heat/ac.

life for our kin will only be better.

we will have space stations where you can visit and see all the stars you want.

there will be space tourism and that will be pretty cool.

that’s what i wanted as a kid and its cool to see it play out irl.

edit: dang didn't expect so many negative people

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Why is that better? Because you read about it in a sci fi book?

and what did you read that makes you anti progress and imagination?

History. The general state of humanity is one where wealth and power concentrate.

I am disappointed that SV is shifting to a disregard for the dangers of monopolies and monarchies.

i also read history. my people were basically oppressed for centuries. if you think today is bad you're privileged and silly, and probably possess a w2 mentality where you get a paycheck every 2 weeks and think that's somehow oppressive.

That’s not how the curve of history has always bent. There were long periods of extreme inequality where most people were serfs and a few controlled the assets. That is the norm, the recent period of opportunity.

I have no problem with billionaires. Or trillionaires. I do have a problem with monopoly because it destroys the very ecosystem that creates the increased well being you describe.

Granted “we” are billionaires.

Not only you didn’t get the point, but you still hold on to your delusions:

> life for our kin will only be better.

Right? In this subscription economy? Where you have just limited time to watch the movie you loved? You can’t afford to rent the house you loved let alone buy it? (previous generations could afford) the list goes on and on.

Maybe stop spreading lies and see things more objectively?

you know there's more to life than just subscribing to services meant for the Lowest Common Denominator right? and of those people literally billions are happy to pay for them.

edit: not LCD the screen… if you thought thats what i meant then… nvm… not even gonna say it lol iykyk

Mine is OLED, perhaps this is the reason I am not among those billions :(

EDIT: You edited your comment after I submit my response. You cannot put arbitrary abbreviations and expect people to read your mind. Anyway, there is no point in arguing with you.

if you thought it means the screen like i said… you proved my point. congrats.

services meant for the LCD. and those people pay for them.

all the context was there. you failed.

lol at you

Being objective doesn't mean laser focusing on the negatives. For instance:

> Where you have just limited time to watch the movie you loved?

You know how many movies the average peasant watched in the 1800s? 0. The closest equivalent was live theatre and that was an expensive luxury. You'd also likely get see one or more of your children die to diseases that are trivially treatable or preventable today.

these people are hopeless.

this is why it is important to give toys and distractions to the masses and meaningless grind so they can stay busy and happy.

while other people actually build the world for them.

Except the “builders” won’t have anyone to sell products to.

Markets require competition and customers.

Except, it’s actually you, who enjoys these toys and distractions.

There will always be people like you, who will accept every single shit, then call them “gift from builders”.

We are talking about handful amount of billionaire who manipulate masses, not Industrial Revolution and technological advancements.

The issues you enumerated were very well addressed in the socialist USSR.

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