I’m really worried about the state of the US despite being a white male who was I’ll coast right through it. I’ll also accept “I don’t” and “very poorly” as answers

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With some ways of looking at things, the world as a whole is getting better, rather than worse.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190111-seven-reasons-why-the-world-is-improving

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/09/bill-melinda-gates-foundation-goalkeepers-report-poverty/671415/

I’m pretty sure long covid and climate chaos will put a stop to that soon enough but we’ll see. For now, some stuff is getting worse and some stuff is getting better.

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Who should listen to oligarchs like Bill Gates? Philanthropy Is a Scam

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He’s also the first one to be somewhere to lobby where a government decides to move away from windows, because it’s gonna hurt his stock value

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He was also a major factor in denying the global south the IP-free vaccine production they had been promised.

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