Do you think the world has gotten worse?

[divinemistress36]

Do you think the world has gotten worse or does it just seem that way cause of social media? I feel the world was better in 2014 than 2024

 

[noname223]

In some ways better, in some ways worse. Since you posted it in the politics subforum. Yes, politically the world is way worse compared to 2014. And I am scared of what is happening in the next decade. We still have at least 4 years of Trump ahead.

 

[divinemistress36]

In some ways better, in some ways worse. Since you posted it in the politics subforum. Yes, politically the world is way worse compared to 2014. And I am scared of what is happening in the next decade. We still have at least 4 years of Trump ahead.

And him and Elon probably pay Congress

 

[cantThinkOfName]

It's worse. How much varies on who you are and where you are

 

[Jack_Nimble]

It's worth noting that world poverty has steadily been decreasing for some time now.

World Poverty Rate 1981-2025

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

www.macrotrends.net

 

[Gustav Hartmann]

1989 was the best year I experienced.

 

[enduringwinter]

Compared to the 2000s and 2010s, worse yeah. It's way harder to get a job, rent a place, even discounting inflation we pay more for less, infrastructure and services are worse, there is more surveillance and control, way less upward mobility and opportunities.

Taking myself for example, it's way easier and faster for a poor person from the third world like me to grind and get a decent job and move to a better place by merits of my skills. I am doing it right now but the sheer wait and bureaucracy are literally killing me.