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[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It's so damn hard though. It feels like everyone with money and power is deeply inspired by every distopian novel or movie in existence

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

And things are likely to get really shitty but we aren't going extinct and the future needs people that give a damn.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 7 points 1 day ago

When I'm feeling extra bad I like to recall the videos of Charlie Kirk and Brian Thompson to remind me that sometimes good things do happen.

It helps to remember that you are merely a number on a spreadsheet with free will. Fuck that spreadsheet up.

The first 14 minutes of Brazil are inspiration