A Boring Dystopia

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I'm gonna be really pissed if my christofascist parents were right (lemmy.world)

submitted 21 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) by pubquiz@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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I grew up listening to fundie christian parents babble at length how we were living in end times. And mocking them mercilessly (at first among my fiends, later to their faces) as often as possible.

Now look at us - on the brink of non-existence politically, environmentally, and civilizationally. Not sure that last one is a word.

If they were right I'm gonna have some 'splainin to do.

Dammit.

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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 192 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It's more that it's a self-fulfilling prophecy.

"The world will hate you," so you're antisocial and hateful in preparation. They do hate me! It's all true!

"There will be wars and rumors of wars," so you vote for the defense hawks supporting the military complex. So many wars! It's all true!

"They won't even tolerate your views, they'll try to outlaw it!" So you try to ban them first. It's all true!

Why protect the temporary environment when you have eternal paradise waiting? Why do ANYTHING meaningful here when you have eternal paradise waiting.

tl;dr: Death cult. Projection.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 34 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

If you spend your life wanting to see the end, eventually you will.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 26 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Not only that, but these bad things HAVE TO HAPPEN before the good things can come to pass. That's the order of operations. Which leads to seeing the bad things and thinking, "YES!!! It's haaaappeniiiiing!!!"

You literally welcome disaster, because it proves you right, rather than working to prevent it.

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago

It’s all just food prep for the Archons.