Don Henley Primer

Bob Lefsetz’s Original Post – “Don Henley Primer”

Man, are you ever a Debbie-Downer these days!

“We remember the way it used to be, we know it was flawed, we were excited by the technological revolution but now we see its cost. Boomers are throwing their hands in the air, retiring, handing this broken world to the younger generations as the earth burns up and American democracy is on the verge of becoming an oxymoron.”

“We are no longer innocent. We yearn to be, but we’re not. You can keep your head in the sand or wake up. But sometimes it’s better to leave the blinders on, ignore reality and try to be happy. But the truth is innocence has ended. Happy July 4th.”

Once again you need to get educated, do your homework, and stop being such a depressing uniformed low information voter.

“If you need a break from the fear porn, if you’re down in the dumps, if you’re depressed by what you see and hear every time you plug yourself into the media matrix, then these ten things will help you see the light in the darkness. We have become so demoralized by narratives that we forgot to look at long-term trends. And guess what? They look good.”

The World Is a Lot Less F*cked Than We Think It Is

A couple of bullet points from this article:

–  In today’s world of rampant consumer capitalism, it’s hard to believe that only two centuries ago 84% of the global population lived in poverty, earning almost $1.90 per day.  Now, the global poverty rate stands at 9.3%, and if this keeps falling at today’s pace, it will drop to roughly 5% by 2030.

–  Despite what some people claim, we’re not running low on any resource.

– Famine has almost disappeared. In 1961, the daily supply of calories stood at ~2,100, but now, this has risen to ~3,000.

– Democracy is smashing autocracy. Following the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989, democracy has spread rapidly across the world, beating the communist and fascist regimes that had arisen since the 1920s.

– We have more trees now, not less. Contrary to popular belief, mother nature is beating deforestation.

– The world is much safer. As technology has advanced rapidly in the modern age, dying from a natural disaster is now 99% less likely.

– Interstate wars have almost disappeared. In 2017, the RAND Corporation reported that, apart from a short period between 2014–2015, armed conflict worldwide has decreased dramatically.

But Bob Lefstez tells us:

“Boomers are throwing their hands in the air, retiring, handing this broken world to the younger generations as the earth burns up and American democracy is on the verge of becoming an oxymoron.”

It’s NOT a broken world and your daily dose of whiny dystopian fear porn is absurd nonsense. You’re just another old man telling the rest of the world to

“Get off of my lawn!!!”