It’s not ideal for things to get worse, but in places like the US, that’s already out of our hands. The non accelerationists lost, and now we’re in freefall off the cliff. This freefall is temporary and will eventually end, but it’s too late to stop it. We had a second chance and blew it.
I know people hear me saying it’s too late for prevention and think “there is no hope; we can only have hope if the horrible future can be averted,” but I’m saying we can still have hope even in the worst of times. We can’t have hope that the organizations who let this happen will be able to save us, but we can have hope in good people being out there. We can have hope that individuals have kindness, that people themselves want a better future than we’re getting. We cannot expect the systems to choose a good future for us unless they’re dragged kicking and screaming.
The pre-existing systems were at one point ‘correctable’, ‘steerable’, at least potentially, away from the scenario we are now in.
Now, those systems are not fixable, they will either persist by destroying everything that is not part of them, or they will break.
So… yes, hope, in the survivalism sense, in the knwoledge that it didnt have to be this way, that another world is possible… but to see it, you have to survive the transition/collapse period, and then actually build that better world, not just be herded into the next dystopia.
Hope, it is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength, and your greatest weakness.
Nerd points for anyone who doesn’t need to look up the source to that quote.
Star Trek is the vibe I’m getting, but it could also be Stargate. I feel like it’s coming from some powerful villain who has respect for our strength, but not enough to think we can beat them. It could also be a cynical ally of some sort who doesn’t fully believe humanity can pull it off, but is convinced by a very good pep talk to gamble on their plan.
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fuck, and I even made a meme of that scene recently. I guess it’s been a while since I watched it.
It’s not ideal for things to get worse, but in places like the US, that’s already out of our hands. The non accelerationists lost, and now we’re in freefall off the cliff. This freefall is temporary and will eventually end, but it’s too late to stop it. We had a second chance and blew it.
I know people hear me saying it’s too late for prevention and think “there is no hope; we can only have hope if the horrible future can be averted,” but I’m saying we can still have hope even in the worst of times. We can’t have hope that the organizations who let this happen will be able to save us, but we can have hope in good people being out there. We can have hope that individuals have kindness, that people themselves want a better future than we’re getting. We cannot expect the systems to choose a good future for us unless they’re dragged kicking and screaming.
Very well said.
The pre-existing systems were at one point ‘correctable’, ‘steerable’, at least potentially, away from the scenario we are now in.
Now, those systems are not fixable, they will either persist by destroying everything that is not part of them, or they will break.
So… yes, hope, in the survivalism sense, in the knwoledge that it didnt have to be this way, that another world is possible… but to see it, you have to survive the transition/collapse period, and then actually build that better world, not just be herded into the next dystopia.
Nerd points for anyone who doesn’t need to look up the source to that quote.
Star Trek is the vibe I’m getting, but it could also be Stargate. I feel like it’s coming from some powerful villain who has respect for our strength, but not enough to think we can beat them. It could also be a cynical ally of some sort who doesn’t fully believe humanity can pull it off, but is convinced by a very good pep talk to gamble on their plan.
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fuck, and I even made a meme of that scene recently. I guess it’s been a while since I watched it.
“Choice.”
“The problem is choice.”
Also, your attempts to summarize the… character of this character… interesting.
I would say he is certainly the first, but he is also the second, if you remember the end of the third movie.
… uh right yeah i… these movies are all basicslly core memories for me rofl. well, at least the first 3. and the mmo. and the other two games.
ok powering down nerd mode now lol.