• MyBrainHurts@lemmy.ca
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      10 days ago

      Compared to the deaths that awaited our ancestors, ours are fine.

      The odds I will brutally starve to death, die of tuberculosis or dysentary are minimal. The odds that I’ll be heavily sedated are extremely high.

      This is kind of the whole point in a nutshell. Yes, I will still die and it won’t be ideal but compared to 99.9% of all people who have ever lived, mine will be so much easier than theirs was. Similarly, yeah, we still have to wor, but compared to most of humanity, damn is our work fine (look how much lemmy slows down on non work hours!) people here sound like children complaining that they’re treated like slaves because they have to clean their room.