TBH as humans we are holding up ourselves pretty well. Their are billions of ppl out there… we could have way more terrorist attacks / suicides ect. if shit was out of hand.
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There allways been shitty times its just you. Youre growing as a person and it opens your eyes to see how fckd up world is , but it allways was like that. Its just burst of shit that makes you wonder what is life. I get these thoughts pretty often durning every year
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For me it is quiet the opposite , the older I got , the more realistic I started to see how everything works in our world . Most of the times things only look fucked up if you do not understand why they happen . Economical basics and following the money will always explain the things that happen around you .
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Well the whole capitalistic world is fucked up imho ;D … as an example take the hookers we all know they do it for money some of these are just lazy some of them just cant seem to find any other option , but isint it fckd up though ? Or that Steven whatever the lastname is who shot dosens of people in us , as far as i heard he had shit ton of guns and 80k that he transfered to some bitch so why did he got psychotic and decided to do it ? He clearly wasnt poor , its just this modern sociaity , ppl are fckd up nowadays , i doubt you will have the time but if u do find spare time watch this podcast with Tai Lopez , they talk about tests on how fckd up ppl are in cities. They cover broad topics but theyre all pretty intresting https://youtu.be/xdrWU77ugqg
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You remember what kind of things happened in the past ? Today looks really peaceful to me compared to the last couple of decades . Overall bad conditions shifted to be only in specific parts of the world . As an example , if you want to use a smartphone you need to accept the fact that people need to work under really bad conditions . And I see everyone with a smartphone , including me . You need to accept that little children need to work in specific mineral mines for gathering some special mineral needed for smartphones . Saying that the world is fucked up is really easy if you do not accept , that you - me and all others - are a part of that play .
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Yes, you are right, we are part of it. But maybe we can also make a change… I am not a “holy person” and dont wanna pretend to be one, but I dont have the intention to gather a lot of money for myself. If we make enough money to have for ourselves a good life (and not much is needed for that°), we have actually also the chance to make a difference to the world. Maybe not for the entire world, but even if support a small project that helps 5 or 50 or 100 people / animals / plants, this is a difference and it is worth to do it.
Just my 2 cents. 
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If people are not willing to sacrifice in their consuming behavior - I am not willing to - why would helping a dozen people would change anything ? The way you consume things makes more damage - both to humans , animals and the environment - then a good project . On your way to a “good” life and money , you make so much damage as a human being , that it is not revertible anymore . Where do you draw the line of being a hypocrite ? Just as a small example , how much damage are you willing to do , to humanity and nature , for the luxury of owning a car or taking a ride in a taxi ?
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You are right: we all know that we are harming others - even by buying “cheap clothes” we are promoting exploitation of poor people in developing countries. If you were a leader of billions of people&you could speak to them, would you try to change our behaviour, to be more aware of others or would you say we cant do really a difference?
What do you think would be a proper way of living?
Your opinion was AND is always highly appreciated, @HenryCooper. Would be interesting to hear more about your view of life. 
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I ride a bike as often as I can, to offset for when I need to drive. I also take Public Transportation when available. I don’t buy a lot of consumer goods, I recycle as much as I can. I do all of this including buying used phones etc so that I can buy as much beer guilt free as I want. Heck, even most of my beer is pro environment.
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https://sierranevada.com/brewery/about-us/sustainability
There is no way my efforts as a human being and having a normal day to day life am I going to make enough of an impact on the world, and whatever I do to offset what people do, my neighbor will undo by being a consumer (are you my neighbor @HenryCooper?).
Still, even if it’s just a feel good measure, or maybe I save a few trees etc, then I sleep better at night. I will never be the blind and armless friends that plant 10’s of thousands of trees, but I feel better about myself for “doing my part”.
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Well damn. Yes you do have a good point and i do agree with it but though there’s things that people don’t do for luxury or even making their life better … that’s what makes me sad to look at.
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That is really noble . I really appreciate it . 
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anything to allow you buy a new phone or two. I’m here for you
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I am doing excellent. Can’t complain! Every day is a blessing 
@IAN:
please report , how are YOU today?
@all:
Just a short note about “happiness”.
Recently a nurse has written a book 
(Bronnie Ware) who worked in a hospital 
(hospice station). So she accompanied people during their last days. And she said, it didnt matter how rich a person was, some were poor, some were really, really rich. But when facing death, they didnt count the number of money, cars 
, men/ women 
or whatever they had. They didnt regret they had too less of any goods. Most (!) of them regreted mainly:
- spending too less time with their family (parents, wife/husband/partner, kids) and
- spending too less time with their friends
while spending too much time for advancing in their career ( mainly to make more money).
So they didnt miss goods, but “immaterial” things like having a good time / a good talk with their relatives.
Maybe this is an inspiration for one or the other…