Things can also get a lot better very quickly. Being against major change because change can be bad is like being against having a big cake because shit can also be big.

[+] HeHoXa@lemmy.zip -6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Generally I share your sentiment, but just for consideration, I couldn't so boldly say things can get better very quickly. Can they really?

Does human nature support that, or is major change virtually guaranteed to trigger power struggles and chaos detrimental to the average citizen?

I'm not sure we can objectively assert an answer very confidently.

[–] QinShiHuangsShlong@lemmy.ml 13 points 5 days ago

Just saw this but @gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml seems to have beat me too it.

But effectively:

I couldn’t so boldly say things can get better very quickly. Can they really?

They can, simply look at China or the USSR when the revolution came and effectively every metric that matters (life expectancy up, poverty down etc.) went vertical.

Does human nature support that

Human nature isn't real. Material reality precedes thought/nature.

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 days ago

there is no human nature, existence precedes essence. we first exist, then we decide what the fuck we are.