I live in Germany, which by some accounts, is the third largest economy, and we have literally no answer for what is next, economically. Neither in the public nor private sectors. Nobody is investing, nobody is building new things, nobody even knows what to do next. But the story is the same throughout Europe as far as I can see. All industries hope to keep selling the same old shit. But the 3rd world is catching up. They can manufacture goods that are just as good, and for much cheaper. Heck, some can even do it cleaner too, since they have access to cleaner energy sources. But we also have no real 21st century income streams.
It looks to me as though, only the US and China are undertaking really innovative projects.
Is my reading of the situation flawed? I would love to have your input.
I was glad to have an opportunity to respond here. I feel Lemmy has been getting a little toxic lately, and I find myself deleting responses before posting them, as I don’t want to get drug down into pointless arguing with people. I get tensions are high, but I’m really missing the vibe we had here this time last year.
I love learning of all kinds, so I have what I feel is a solid foundation in things like politics and economics, but it’s hard to find people that talking about these things can be enjoyable, so when I saw a call for some positivity, that’s why I come to Lemmy and do my thing. Lemmy/Reddit/Facebook can really reinforce negative feelings because of the feedback loop you can get. It has me wanting to check out as well, but the need to feel at least informed as to what is going on keeps me in.
We can still be pissed at our surroundings while still being polite to each other. The majority of us here are all in much the same boat anyways. I don’t feel we have any 1%ers here, as I don’t feel the small audience would be worth their time, so we shouldn’t be squabbling amongst ourselves. No matter if the world gets better or worse, we’ll be needing each other for something or another.
I feel out of place a lot online in the places I hang out. I’m not rich, but I have a house, I have decent investments so that makes me an evil shareholder to some, I was technically a landlord (for a month and I saw it wasn’t for me) so I have some compassion for landlords, I don’t love capitalism, but it’s the system we’ll likely have for my lifetime, so I learn to function successfully in it and try to teach others to navigate it as well. There’s a lot on paper that would make half the Lemmings hate on me, but I always try to get where everyone is coming from. I think most of the frustration is from not allowing yourself that empathy to see how things might look very different for someone else. I don’t think most people do things to be malicious. Again, especially not in our little crowd here.
I’m going on too much as I tend to do, so thank you for the kind words, and I hope my message helps OP and some others. I’m always lurking for good places to share my 2 cents with you all, so keep a look out for me, and I’m here every day posting my own stuff to give people something to look forward to that is (mostly) controversy free!
I don’t have much time to reply but just wanted to say that I totally understand everything you say. I think the most valuable things that can come out of our interactions with each other (in any medium) are the sharing of comfort, love and hope. I’ll look out for you here! Let me know if you post anywhere else too :)