• malloc@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Every generation thinks this. Yet adults continue to setup children for failure expecting them to clean up their mess.

    No fuck that. Let’s start now and fix issues — climate change, racial disparity, gender wage gap, re-secure abortion rights, housing shortage.

    These can be solved long before our children are born. We just refuse to do anything. Governments sit on their ass while O&G pollutes the planet. People refuse to change their lifestyles and accept change is needed (ie, change from inefficient car centric transportation and suburban sprawl in USA, widening highways). With AI making strides towards making a large portion of population jobless, universal basic income needs to be discussed. Investing in the people through more support programs and lifting people out of poverty. Healthcare for all.

    We can’t even get this basic shit right. What makes you think children in the future will? Generations of today were setup for failure. Generations of tomorrow are set up for failure.

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      8 months ago

      Thinking that the next generation will be better than our’s isn’t saying “We should sit around and do nothing.” It’s an expression of hope, not lethargy.