*Honk honk*
2026-06-15 18:54 UTC
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@CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 2026-06-16 00:13
Why are people supporting this insane view is so strange to me. The results of no industrial revolution would be a lack of medicine and widespread famine, on a scale no place on earth has ever seen. If you care about the health of disabled people, if you care about minorities, if you care about workers, then this view is untenable. Its one step shy of full on fascism, “final solution” style. I have more sympathy for absolute misanthropy than this; at least it’s honest.
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@mechoman444@lemmy.world 2026-06-16 00:01
I would argue that the Agricultural Revolution was the turning point that set humanity on its current path, for better and worse. To be fair, life before agriculture was often harsh, but many of the problems that define civilization today, such as large-scale warfare, rigid social hierarchies, widespread inequality, organized slavery, and systemic exploitation, became possible only after humans settled down and began producing agricultural surpluses. Regardless of what is happening in the world right now, we are living in one of the most peaceful and prosperous periods in human history. Aside from the anti-vaccination movement, which is a travesty for humanity, we have the best medicine, the highest life expectancy, and the lowest infant mortality rates in history. That said, I suspect humans are better adapted to living in small migratory bands of hunters and gatherers than in large, sedentary urban societies. Civilization has given us extraordinary technology and material comfort, but it may have come at the cost of the social structures, physical activity, and close-knit communities that humans evolved to thrive in.
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@Uranus_Hz@lemmy.zip 2026-06-16 06:31
I identify as a “honkee”
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@halvar@lemy.lol 2026-06-16 00:43
I don’t know… I’ve always found Kaczinsky an interesting guy, but now that I’m around halfway through his book, I find his arguements surprisingly weak as in he doesn’t really put a lot of effort into justifying the basics. He just goes on to say “yeah obfuscating the process of survival is bad” and sure I can see how some people might find hunting rabbits with bows more fulfilling than looking at Excel all day but if you don’t accept that immediately then his arguements become pretty weak.
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@TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world 2026-06-16 01:13
getting older is realizing the Unabomber may have had a point…