People are just seeing what they have refused to see all along

I think things are definitely getting worse...

In exactly the same way they have been my whole life and beyond. It isn't surprising, just horrible.

Trump is currently taking over and destroying everything he can as fast as he can before anyone gets their balls back and does something.

There has been nothing like this in the US ever before

No, things are actually getting worse, and saying otherwise is just denying how things are falling apart around us.

Shit take, 3/10

Things are most definitely getting worse

One positive note. Almost evey generation had to deal with stuff getting worse. Be it (cold) war or famine. People still survived by fighting.

Two things can be true at the same time.

This is a very pessimistic take. I'd like to add that the age of misinformation is here.

Used to be, there was only one newspaper to read. Then, more and more sources of news came (paper, TV, eventually the internet).

Then they all largely switched to a race to the bottom free model supported by advertising money alone, which boosted outrage bait over quality journalism.

Then, the full force of social media algorithms came in to play and it became nearly impossible to sort fact from fiction (even here on Lemmy, I'm afraid). Even if all the news you read is true, it will still influence you in a certain way if it's slanted a certain way. Especially if other news doesn't reach you. Don't forget the power of omission.

Be cognizant that there are certain well-funded groups that benefit from sowing discord and polarization, and they're largely succeeding. If the world as you know it (through the internet) doesn't match that of your neighbor, it's easy to break off or escalate, for both of you!

Don't despair, stay cognizant of the unprecedented online manipulation and act local!

And pay for quality journalism if you have the money.

... And the world is getting worse.

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Depends for who though, I wouldn't want to be queer in the US

Hi, I'm gay. They can drag me to the LGBTQ+ camps but I'll keep fighting.

Ehhhhhhhhh. The things that people notice as getting worse (climate change, political polarization, erosion of democratic norms) are indeed getting worse.

That being said, the lives of billions of the most poor among us are indeed getting, on average, better by almost every conceivable metric.