It's never been better, that's part of the problem. We have invented all the institutions and all the technologies that nurtured progress (overall but not perfect) to unprecedented heights. We just got negligent and were sold a false bill of goods over the last 40 years.
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We fight like fuck and people will get hurt and die to make it better.
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This is the school in which we learn,
Time is the fire in which we burn.
Delmore Schwartz