Just because things didn’t go as bad as they could have doesn’t mean there aren’t problems, such as with the cost of living. But perhaps more importantly - reality and perceptions can diverge a lot.
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven…
And this is particularly true in the digital era. People live in the same material reality but in seperate, parallel realities in their heads. In the digital age, white became black for many, and vice versa.
Rightists used to say “facts don’t care about your feelings”. They had it mixed up - its our feelings that don’t care about facts. Our perceived realities are not based on facts, regardless of how rational and self-important we (humans) think we are. They’re based on feelings and complexes.
Just because things didn’t go as bad as they could have doesn’t mean there aren’t problems, such as with the cost of living. But perhaps more importantly - reality and perceptions can diverge a lot.
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven…
And this is particularly true in the digital era. People live in the same material reality but in seperate, parallel realities in their heads. In the digital age, white became black for many, and vice versa.
Rightists used to say “facts don’t care about your feelings”. They had it mixed up - its our feelings that don’t care about facts. Our perceived realities are not based on facts, regardless of how rational and self-important we (humans) think we are. They’re based on feelings and complexes.