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OldBaldy1701E

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16. "We didn't know how good we had it."

Reply to D_Master81 (Reply #1)

Fri May 15, 2026, 08:59 AM

7 hrs ago

Well, that is part of our collective problem.

We never do.

If things go well, our society cannot seem to stop going crazy along with it. We cannot stop being out of control when we are doing okay as a culture. It is almost as if we as a species cannot have things going well, and if they are, we have to sabotage it immediately.

It seems to be part of our very psyche... this desire to ruin things (and, entitled selfishness seems to be the number one thing that fuels this destruction) once they get good.

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