Is the World Beyond Saving? | Salari

Do you feel as though the world has reached the point of no return? That 2025 is going to be yet another parade of horrors? I can't say I blame you. Since 2016 it's felt like every year is worse than the last, and it's getting exhausting. There's conflict around the world, climate change isn't going away anytime soon, people keep voting against their best interests, and to top it all off, Trump just got re-elected, and now he has cronies like Elon Musk by his side. We stand to lose so much, but it feels like we can't do a thing about it anymore.
How CAN things possibly get better? What can we even do in a world where we feel increasingly powerless?
Well, you can give up.
Or you can do something...
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[@farrahupson]

I'm GenX. We used to talk about how everything will be so much better when my grandparents' generation died off. They brought us Nixon and Reagan. They brought us trickle-down and called us the slacker generation before we were re-named. Now I see people my age flying Trump flags and complaining about how immigrants are making houses unaffordable. Things won't get better when the boomers are gone, or when my generation or the next are gone. Because we all seem to adopt those generations' mindsets as we age. The only way to be truly rid of them is by not becoming them.

[@judithpriestess7781]

@@farrahupson 🎯

[@skellymom]

@@farrahupson Yep, Gen-X here: I'm determined to break the cycle ❤️

[@minacapella8319]

Thankfully most millennials aren't falling down this path, but part of that is that things are just so ridiculously stacked against us lol.

[@GillamtheGreatest]

"gen x" is a mixed bag. i dont think they flock towards conservatism with age as much as their parents did, as much as i hate reducing stuff to "generations" since its tied to a lot of pseudoscience stuff. one of those "half right but poorly defined" things. but yeah a lot of people over 40 regardless of generation are fine, its just the nice ones arent getting any attention cause they arent doing crappy things to get it

[@essendossev362]

Millennial here. I'm currently really broken-hearted that my brother had adopted the rhetoric that Trudeau validated on his way out: that the liberal party let in too many immigrants, and that's why housing is so bad right now. And he really doesn't recognize that it's a fascist talking point. Heck, we ourselves are immigrants! He doesn't think that he's blaming the immigrants themselves, just the policies that allowed them in. But he just doesn't get that it's not in the least because of immigrants, that it's just another product of capitalism and corporate greed, of eroding social services and legal protections for the powerless. Let alone even questioning what right the Canadian government even has to be dictating who can enter and who can't, on this stolen indigenous land. It breaks my heart so much because we grew up together. Because he really is a good person. Because I love him so dearly, and he means so much to me. And yet, somewhere along the way, I feel like I've lost him. And that's how it seems to happen, doesn't it?

[@emdeo]

"the good old days" that boomers long for is just being young. having worked with them for a few years, my biggest takeaway that its important to not become bitter

[@coleharding9439]

I kinda disagree. They were handed the best post WW2 economy, and they squandered it

[@killergrooves2438]

@@emdeo The good old days were better in many ways. Income equality was better, housing was more affordable, things were built to last instead of built to break, college was cheaper, healthcare was more affordable. Really, the exploitation of capitalism still had a couple decades left before the wheels started to fall off. However, if you weren’t a white man, things were worse. Women couldn’t open a bank account by themselves until the 70s. You could murder black people in the public square in certain towns and get away with it in the 60s.

[@nont18411]

@@coleharding9439 So they are now probably trying to relive the good old days again by creating WW3…for the post-WW3 economy.

[@jingbot1071]

No, they literally experienced the greatest accumulation of wealth in human history.

[@emdeo]

@@jingbot1071 they didn't have computers, its all pretty relative

[@SupNukks]

I work in retail(walmart). I feel like my life won't amount to much. But i try to be a good employee. Not for the sake of the business, but to make customers smile. Even if a lot of them aren't in the best of moods. I have this one customer who keeps trying to tip me. But that's against the rules. So I finally gave him a hug and told him to pay it forward. Thanks Salari. Its been hard to see but i do feel like maybe i can have some impact on the world however small it is. OH that reminds me of just yesterday a guy was looking for refil packs for a snowcone maker. He was hunting for it because his kids wanted it since there is currently snow on the ground. Some other employees told him to go off and look in one direction(but i knew we had something better). I found the guy and took him over to the toy dept since i we have the snoopy snowcone maker refil packs. The look on his face was exactly why i enjoy my job. It was like a kid on Christmas. Knowing that he'd be the super hero of his family that day. Once again, thanks for reminding me of that.

[@ptlovelight2971]

@@SupNukks i appreciate this so much. Kindness dies when we stop practicing it on each other

[@icebitezart]

Amen.

[@SirPhilMcCrackinVonBeggington]

But what have you done to have a life worth living? You have chosen to work at walmart.

[@SupNukks]

​@SirPhilMcCrackinVonBeggington excuse me? Should I go back to being homeless? With 0 income because I have morals? Wtf is wrong with you? If i'm being honest nobody should have to work. But that's the world we live in so I have a job. Not everyone can pick a job that is clean from the shit world we inhabit. What do you do from your high horse? You can only be a doctor who doesn't ask for payment right? This video made me realize a part of why I enjoy my job(that sucks) I'M SO CONFUSED WHY YOU ARE QUESTIONING IF MY LIFE IS WORTH LIVING.

[@Chudi2000]

@@SupNukks In reality, that commenter probably isn’t doing all that well in life, but they have a much more pessimistic perspective on life than you, so seeing your optimistic comment probably confuses them and makes them want to make you feel the way they feel. Misery loves company 🤷‍♂️

[@AyyashAhmad]

"Humans aren't really gonna kill the planet. We'll just make the planet unlivable for us."

[@thoughtquake7516]

As the late great George Carlin said, 'The planet isn't going anywhere. WE are.'

[@icebitezart]

@@AyyashAhmad we have to stop including our politicians in the “we”. It is not OUR fault. I’m tired of this human doomerism we are GOOD damnit, were loving and I know so many kind people that if you lump them all in with these horrible people then that’s a problem

[@non_complete]

@@icebitezart This. SO MUCH THIS.

[@Zaxophone32]

Salari: it is worth trying, and talking about problems without action be counterprodictive Doomers in the comment section: “Quote about how we’re all going to die”

[@silith7027]

Arguably that's a good thing though. I've lost so much faith in humanity over the past few days, maybe it's better we just vanish.

[@BrigitteEmpire]

I always try and remember when the world is feeling like this the Neruda poem Jeremy Corbyn quoted on his way out, while I was losing all hope in Britain ever getting better: “You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.”

[@9000ck]

I believe in gardening. Collecting seeds, making compost, making my own fertiliser. The human world is too fucked up to think about for long, but a flower grown from seed is a wonder. .

[@jingbot1071]

Don't worry, we'll get that too.

[@D4rthsunny]

plants saved me... tbh.

[@DebWrites]

"The Good Old Days" had a fairer tax structure, blocks against monopolies, & socialised infrastructure like electricity, postal service, water, and in many places better funded healthcare. And that was afforded on taxes from single-income homes. "The Good Old Days" didn't have the wealth inequality we have today.

[@UncreativePF]

But only for a few, those times are not good for everyone. We absolutely should not be looking to create those similar conditions.

[@DebWrites]

@UncreativePF A fairer tax system & socialised infrastructure? I understand I didn't mention the social progress we have made over this decades, & I'm fine without having mentioned those. I *do* think a fairer tax system + re-socialising vital infrastructure will make things better for all. Well, except for those who currently own far more than their fair share. I'll leave that there. I need to do other things.

[@UncreativePF]

@DebWrites I don't regret my comment either. A lot of young folks in particular are increasingly starting to idolize the past era (sociology prof here)... and whenever asked, it usually comes down to what you mentioned- plus the addition of more obtainable cultural ties such as relationships/religion... and the general sentiment of unity that comes from a common threat (fear of communism/blacks). These usually all come in tandem with each other. I only bring this up because while normally I would think we should be able to separate those clear bad parts of the system while talking about it- a clear tactic of the government is to keep the mass uneducated and ignorant to the struggles of others... And to antagonize those speaking about the clear harms of colorblindness (or other "other" issues). The problem of DEI and many woke initiatives is that it is also discriminatory in many sense against whites and men (a valid issue) - and I've seen how it actually causes more harm and resistance/resentment to talking about these issues. The right knows this and tells this same promise to young men with the clear implication of channeling the anger of the unheard- and to no surprise to me at least, this garners a pipeline of those who feel excuded from the left into actual racist or misogynistic ideology. All I'm saying is while I hate how generically woke I sounded in this, the phrase sets a bad precedent through an unspoken promise of a prosperity at the expense of a clear scapegoat, something anyone who says it knows human nature will gravitate towards. As he said in the video, Trump encompasses everything America is... the willingness to shoot at someone else's feet to make them dance for your entertainment - or to step on the backs of others for their own gain... Apologies for the long explanation😮‍💨.

[@lihchong2267]

18:24 that woman was likely a social worker. It's her job to direct homeless people to social services. There's a ton of burnout in that industry and we need a lot more of them.

[@DrAnarchy69]

7:39 as a Jewish Woman Anarchist myself, Goldman speaks for me. Voting will never make drastic change because no revolutionary change can come from the State

[@KynaTiona]

Thank you for the validation. Earlier tonight I saw a young homeless man on the tram with a quivering lip and thousand-yard stare. Usually I bring granola bars and small bills with me so I can offer what help I can afford (I also make a habit of asking homeless people begging in front of grocery stores if there's anything small I can get them while I'm shopping), but the reason I was on the tram in the first place was because I'd forgotten my wallet and was returning home empty-handed. I decided all I could do was try to cheer him up in what little ways I can, so I invited him to sit next to me (he was too out of it to realize the seat was empty), made sure he had a plan for where to sleep tonight, tipped him off to a dangerous sidewalk near his destination he'd best avoid, offered meaningless small talk and a hug, and otherwise just tried to make him feel like a person. I mostly avoided looking homeless back when I was homeless, so I don't have as much firsthand experience with the "everyone just looks past you" effect, but I've seen how it leaves people feeling even more isolated than they already are. A part of me was trying to convince myself that since no money or goods exchanged hands, I had not actually done a good deed, and was just trying to justify to myself having not done a good deed. You specifically encouraging me to do exactly this kind of thing has successfully banished that doubt, raising the likelihood I'll do it again in a similar situation. So thank you.

[@SirPhilMcCrackinVonBeggington]

Thanks for making it all about you! INCREDBILE!

[@KynaTiona]

@@SirPhilMcCrackinVonBeggington The only perspective I can express with a high level of precision is my own. Putting someone down for sharing their perspective is honestly some 'incredbile'.

[@SirPhilMcCrackinVonBeggington]

@@KynaTiona The only perspective that ANYONE on earth can express is their own--that doesn't make you unique. What makes you unique is your obvious level of self-centered-ness. I would argue that's why you like this whiny self centered crybaby salari. You are two peas in a pod.

[@mrferret3284]

Ngl I was feeling purposeless and cinical but after watching your video I actually feel motivated to start changing things little by little in my city

[@zelbinian]

I love the irony of going online to get this message. Cuz it actually did help. Thank you.

[@redredredtail]

Coming back to this video just hours after I watched it. Felt that few seconds of bliss when I woke up at 8am at GMT+8, on the way to work checked reddit and it was Elon Musk doing the Nazi salute all over the front page... It's gonna be a long four years for everyone.

[@MisterZimbabwe]

Uh, it's unlikely to be JUST 4 years. Remember how the original nazi party packed up and left after their terms were up? Yeah, nah, if you can flee to a safer place to live, do it. Hold your loved ones close, be kind to the ones who deserve it, just focus on being the best person you can be, because there is no coming back from this in our lifetimes. And with how Trump is already repealing environmental protections and leaving the Paris Accord again, there's no long any hope of a habitable earth in the future. It's over. Every day going forward will be the best day of your life. because it's only going to get worse until something critical snaps and all hell breaks loose.

[@TheWatcherxx99]

It is going to be a long four years if you allow your opinions on events to be filtered through someone else's lens. If you watch Elon's speech in full you will see that he's super awkward and that the gesture in question is him "throwing his heart out to the crowd" which dates back to Roman times. I'm no fan of his but even I can see that it wasn't a seig heil! If you haven't seen the full video and have relied on news outlets then you have been lied to. I ask you to watch the full video starting when he comes in stage and see for yourself.

[@thebowandbullet]

Stupidity can't be cured, but ignorance can. The problem is that stupid people are rarely aware of their ignorance and even less inclined to cure it.

[@Halo4beatsB02]

Ok man I guarantee you that you are ignorant of certain things as well

[@vylbird8014]

And there are reasons for people to stay ignorant. Things they know, at some level, they are happier not to know. Because knowing would mean taking action that would alienate their friends, cost them their community, cost them time or money, or just mean giving up some comfort. That's how humans work: They don't just weigh up evidence regarding if a claim is true, they also take into account the consequences of deciding to accept the claim. It's easier to judge climate change a hoax than to give up the benefits of a car and and the deliciousness of meat for lunch every day.

[@icebitezart]

@@Halo4beatsB02This is why we need to have that conversation instead of shutting eachother out. If we can talk to each other we can truly see the human on the other side. Our political leaders are trying to stop that with their Us VS Them rhetoric.

[@GaasubaMeskhenet]

I don't think changing the zeitgeist is useless. The children of our enemies need the chance to learn who and how to love and how to see the hate they're swimming in

[@JacF6734]

It’s giving Chris Chan lying down in a bed vibes

[@item6931]

Thanks for the super-uplifting motivational bro! You've filled me with the strength to face life again!

[@keyonalyles2267]

You doing this entire video in bed was the realest part of this whole thing. Also, agreed! Little by little we can make the world a better place, but it's gonna take a whole lot of time and effort and not everybody is gonna do it, sadly.

[@artival22]

@@keyonalyles2267 It might be a reference to nakey jakeys video about depression and dark souls

[@cgoodwin256]

My favorite part was him saying Trump should be in bed while this guy is curled up into the fetal position in bed. So much projection.

[@aaronfields7146]

It is gonna take special people to change the world, but not people like salari who lays in bed all day like a lazy a hole and complains about everything, and he himself never gets out and effects change because he sleeps in until 4 in the afternoon. This guy is insufferable. We can’t have a Marxist revolution when a guy like this is our “thought leader” he is utterly pathetic!!!

[@ralphanese7878]

Truly, I'm tired, on the brink of just... not caring any longer. Just living my life, and blocking out the noise. Finding a piece of land somewhere, plant some food crops.

[@gornothdragnbone5898]

This is what i needed to hear today. Thank you for the kind words and reminder that we can still make the world a better place. Im a pessimist, and I genuinely dont believe I'll see the world in a healthy place by the end of my life. But we can do so much to help and support others in very small ways. Think of how much better the world would be if all of us did these small acts of kindness to make sure others weren't suffering.

Nothing like rich people, whining about rich people, and have no idea what it is like to be homeless. As someone that used to be homeless and a Vietnam vet, seeing this guy being spoil and talking about how bad everything is. Is just insulting and just shows me how spoil young people are today.

[@juniorsoares7277]

I have always being the optmistic type of person, but recently, mostly because of climate change, i've being tired about thinking over the world's future, leaders and capitalist elites are only concerned about their own weight, the worst part of capitalism is the capital for the capital, without realizing a pile of cash is worth nothing in a world where there is nowhere to spend or being praise by it. I think this era is the first challege we have as a specie and civilization, and somewhat i feel that the we are endogenously to fail, as society and specie, so many "good" organizations that are banked to sabotage real causes, so many misinformation that is taken by fact, and the truth becomes a subjection, the worst part is, we are in a radicalized time, one hating another, one resentful and other to take advantage of that, to create another radicalized person, we all in a need of a saviour, but the "saviours" only conduct like one when they have interest in doing so or wanting something in return, that is their belief in manipulated truth. "The further a scoiety drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it" - Orwell. Sorry for the bad english.

[@MaThyssen]

A better world not only realisable, it is an imperative necessity.

[@honeylioness11]

Thanks for this video. I absolutely agree that focusing on local and smaller improvements makes a difference. Lately, I've been writing letters to people who are having a hard time and need encouragement (the org is called The World Needs More Love Letters). Sending those out really improves my mood.

[@Anelkia]

Thank you for the message bro I wish everyone to be brave enough to face our world, we'll always need it

[@buck2817]

I have been thinking about the talking points you make throughout the video but not been able to come to a conclusion about how I feel about them lately. This has helped me to process that a bit. Thank you.

[@GillamtheGreatest]

also dont forget to join organizations or even try to run for office yourself. local stuff is way easier to get into than state or federal level and its what a lot of progressives are falling short on as far as building up to anything

[@rapchee]

i moved back to my backwards country from london which maybe was not perfect, but it is leagues ahead of the hungarian countryside, and it brings me down every day, but i have found an lgbt org and volunteered for them, and it was so refreshing hearing people being "normal" from my perspective

[@nhlcbj]

If it wasn’t for Metaphor Refantazio and legal weed in my state idk how long I could keep my sanity going

[@raven_g6667]

@nhlcbj I saw that the main guy behind it, Persona and Shin Megami was saying he thinks he should shift focus to the Metaphor series instead of Shin Megami and Persona. I personally loooved Metaphor so much that I'd love this but this isn't the case for most ppl. What do you think?

[@EnbyNomad]

As an Iowan- lemme tell you- legal weed would make this all less terrifying

[@nhlcbj]

@@raven_g6667 I’d go for it but I wouldn’t mind if it was a one off either. The writing is incredible, however on the second to last dungeon I hit a wall and spent a week grinding to beat the boss. I was up til 3am last night trying to beat the final boss.

[@raven_g6667]

@ I'd love to see some kind of add-on like persona royal. One thing I noticed in the beginning was the homeless ppl with the dark faces. I know it sort of dovetails into the main story but I thought it would be a more important detail and it's just never expanded on. Not to mention a certain right hand man of the main antagonist doing the whole off screen death thing. Just sayin, there's something to work with for a little story add on. Ps. Only advice I can give you for that boss is: Almighty damage.

[@matthiasknaak8527]

How does it play? More like Persona or SMT? More social or combat or balanced? Ty ❤

[@MegaRonTV]

Loved the message in this video, I hope it results in folks getting out there and helping to improve things around their community. Even though most of the last month or two has been spent craving the warmth of my blankets, I certainly feel more motivated to become active in the space around me.

[@MainelyMandy]

A friend and I hung out tonight, had a good emotion sharing time, and we talked a lot about connection, how we realized we don't really talk to our neighbors, how we feel like since 2020 we've been so distance from everyone. That story you share about someone just asking another human being if they're ok, that's the connection I want to see more in the world and to do my part to put that in the world. I really appreciate this video and the note you end it on

[@darrensimpson4440]

Just discover your program and with Trump getting inaugurated today. You actually put a smile on my face by watching your show and filling positive. And even though you may can't change big things in the world. Start with the little things around you. Something I've always known about but i honestly never really was very active Upon it.😞, So Thank you for reminding me how to do the more meaningful important gestures in life and discoveing new ways how to make the world better Place, even if its just in, your own environment. Very much Appreciate your advice on your program today , will continued to watch. Thank you 💛🙏😊👍

[@TheWatcherxx99]

You need Jesus. And by the way 🇬🇧 BRITAIN FOR TRUMP 🇺🇸

[@mirroredhour]

Great to see you back, salari! And with a message we need.

[@MxVerdaArt]

No, the world is not beyond saving. Yes, we can save it. Yes, it will be harder. No, we are not free to stop trying. Yes, you do need to take breaks. Yes, learning how to take breaks forms part of that improvement to the world.

[@optix4732]

Thanks, Salari. Really needed this.

[@chujiwu68]

10:17 😉 Nicely done Smashing Pumpkins reference.

[@Ariel_is_a_dreamer]

The thing about helping people is that it's social interaction 💀 Idk if it's the 'tism doing its magic, but I swear it almost physically burns when someone thanks me. The more heartfelt the worst. Yes, I'm helping you, now please pretend I don't exist, thanks. I suppose I'd have to stay in the background of some organization, or maybe do good things in secret. Idk.

[@MichaelCrossAC]

And this is one of the points that should be on the checklist of how to make the world a better place. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that seeking solitude and preferring your own company are wrong things to do. It's just that seeing more and more people painfully uncomfortable interacting with other humans and preferring to be forgotten is worrying. We are social animals after all. This becomes particularly important because such discomfort comes from the fatalistic principle that we're an irremediable plague and this only validates ideas of misanthropy. And even though there are many people out there capable of doing evil, willing to invalidate that there are also many people capable of doing good and legitimately want you around for company is something sad and counterproductive...

[@RichardPirh]

3 months ago I started helping out a elderly women with dymesia and visiting her almost every day, she treats me to coffee and I shop for her and Feel the oven and such. Its not much but its nice for me and hopefully for her too.

[@raven_g6667]

Really do wish more folks would get rid of their social medias. And not just becuz emerald man own bird app and not to for some high minded ideal of content moderation, I just believe we'd be able to get more done if ppl didn't siphon that justified anger off on it.

[@Iquey]

Thanks!

[@enbyarchmage]

This video gave me so much hope, despite and because of the reality check it gave me. Thank you, salari ❤ Tangent - online content like this has shaped my life choices, career included: I research mental health and am trying to develop ways to help people heal from trauma, all the while I do my best to create safe spaces whatever I go. I'm still not in a position to, say, give people money because I'm jobless and Disabled, but when things get better I'll do more.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Happy New Year 🎉 Also, if you join the livestreams, you may just get a tiny hint of upcoming videos…and it’s also great fun.

[@georgemeller4074]

I don't know about anyone else, but I HAVE given up. Without going into sobstory detail, I've never (yes, never) been genuinely happy in this world, and have sat watching struggle after struggle. Now I have a chronic illness for which there is no cure, and the system in place will wring every last dollar from me because it's able. And now we have to deal with another term from Cheeto Musolini, whose entire campaign premise was "keep me out of jail, oh and F those people over there." People voted for him, despite his pathos being transparently on display. Nobody seems to WANT to help eachother when the cards are down. The U. S. is on fire, and the rest of the world is smoldering as it heats up. Screw it all. The only thing left is The Big Nap.

[@jamesben1]

Cheers for the video, its been a bleak time recently

[@sophfro]

Shout out to Food Not Bombs, got involved with a local chapter and handing out some food where it is needed gives me a small feeling of control back. Very easy to join and if you have an irregular schedule like myself it is perfect. CASA is another great organization. Don't have as much time to volunteer with them currently but part of that is because I took in a kid I was working with who aged out of CASA so it feels like I haven't completely left 😊

[@walterlippmann4361]

ONE FUNERAL AT A TIME

[@aetherkid]

I can't make the world better. It's beyond saving.

[@icebitezart]

Nobody is asking you to make the world better. Make your family’s life better, make your friend’s life better. Make *your* life better.

[@pandukawb]

I was waiting for your video

[@TheBitterSarcasmOfMs.Anthropy]

As an LGBTQ member I suffered immensely after my trans partner committed su*cide due to Texas Christian Fascim (its a tragic story) . I was in a raging inferno depression for 10 years. Tonight I watched Trump codify into law hateful anti trans law that are just EVIL. Yes, I got upset and angry and cried. But recently ive been studying a lot of Buddhism. Im a stone cold atheist but Buddhism has been helpful in having a detachment perspective on existing. If you are suffering Buddhism may be helpful

[@jingbot1071]

I dunno, vengeance sounds a lot better imo but I'm also mentally unwell. Then again, only one guy has tried my idea in recent history, and everyone loved that guy, so it is what it is.

[@nihilisticpuppy3799]

@@jingbot1071 there is a massive difference between simple civil right and retaliation against an organization that has killed countless hundreds of thousands

[@jingbot1071]

@@nihilisticpuppy3799 You use the latter to get the former.

[@candybun00]

Not matter how long, the people we have lost to this hate will always hurt! So sorry for your loss, I wish you strength and love

[@sheiol]

Organize, my loves, in whatever organization speaks to you, and educate yourselves in theories, we need to stay together ❤️

[@gofia]

Speaking as millennial older than my country of origin's democratic age (South Africa), I've learned that community is everything. Yes, you as an individual cant change systemic issues, but as community you absolutely can. Beyond that, a community can empower + enable you to survive some of the systemic challenges at hand. Food drives, clothing + blanket initiatives, mutual aid and even advocacy. A practical start is getting to know the people around you - neighbours, colleagues, fellow students. If you can, slightly inconvenience yourself. Cook a little more dinner and offer some. Cat/house sit when they're on holiday. Small things that reinforce that there is "we", not just "me". I'd literally not be here, were it not for the thousands of communities that supported my family members, who were political activists in exile. We are all we have, and when cultivated it is world-changing at most and life-saving at least.

[@Youdotty]

Just one idea from my own life. Younger managers, make sure you know HR policies in-and-out. Advocate for you workers and become a shield for management overreach. So many senior managers out there are just abusing their supposed authority just to get their power fix. It sucks to be put in the crossfire, but it feels much better then being puppet and abusing your team members on behalf of another person. Again, this is within the guidelines of policy. Join a union and understand what actions are protected and what the union will fight on your behalf for.

[@blikbloksneon7652]

6:52 "another 4 years..." My brother on earth, it won't be just 4 years, you literally won't have another free election on your contry for at least the next 30 years, and we here in Europe will probably capitulate and follow suit. It's all lost in our lifetime my mate. Sad.

[@SigmaRho2922]

@@blikbloksneon7652 did anyone remember that societal collapse would be likely between 2032 and 2040? Our planet is running out of the resources it needs to sustain global civilization in the first place.

[@tremola]

Great words 💜

[@ProfessorChocolateCake]

This is the most miserable and pathetic thing I've ever seen. If you hate the US so much then why do you continue to live there as a unemployed gigolo in order to keep your residency status? Do you have any idea how lucky you are to be living in the US? Back here in the United Kingdom it's become a dystopian surveillance state and people can barely afford to eat or keep their lights on. You give the rest of us who want to move to the States from the UK a bad name.

[@MRDLT00]

Oh sure things can always get better and improve...but as we've seen over the last 23 years, that just isn't going to happen. Things either get worse, or they stay where they are, neutral and stagnate, but never getting better.

[@CampingforCool41]

Well, things do get measurably better at times in history. Sometimes they get worse, sometimes they get better.

[@MRDLT00]

Correct. Doesn’t really help anyone to point that out though…

[@MrWednesday3]

People like you are 90% of the reason Trump was re-elected. Give up. Seriously. You think you care but you only make things worse.

[@WalterAlter999]

Yes the world is probably beyond saving. But we must try anyway. C'est la vie.

[@cathyharris4968]

Ben Shapiro isn't a Boomer. Nor is Matt Walsh. Andrew Tate... I could go on. I do not share your faith that generational change will help that much.

[@naomistarlight6178]

yeah Trump got a huge boost from the unwashed ball brigade of young men who don't want to work on themselves

[@oculttheexegaming2509]

As someone from Romania, where the "decreței" (Gen Xers born after Ceaușescu's decree that banned abortion) constantly parrot the idea that the generations coming after them have to fix the country, I agree.

[@icebitezart]

He did say “maybe”, there for sure is less of them than last generation. But it won’t be a fast solution.

[@Deja-gg4dg]

@@oculttheexegaming2509 That’s something I’ve realized. As the generation that is “coming of adulthood” begins having children and taking on more responsibilities, they tend to shrug off the responsibility of improving society onto the childless and younger generations. I see this repeated cycle of behavior as a significant contributing factor to why beneficial social change seems nonexistent or extremely slow at best. By the time many people reach the life stage during which they have more time and resources to contribute to social change, they do not want to do it or they are physically restricted from doing so, although some of the restriction comes from lifestyle, but that is a whole other issue.

[@GaasubaMeskhenet]

You can make a lensless monocle by poking a pin hole in something to look through. Lenses just focus light. A pinhole is a focal point of light

[@amandaananda9029]

Excellent video that really hits on what we're all feeling, and absolutely comes to the conclusion we've been banging on about for years - you can make change happen by making even one person's day better. That said, the rhetoric of "things will get better when ___ generation dies off" isn't just naive, it's dangerous! The reason things are like this is because of the systems we have in place, and those systems aren't dying off - frankly, they're getting more powerful! The solution is to fight the current systems, not juat hope the right people die off - because that's also complacency, and so many more vulnerable people will die in the meantime.

[@MaxStrykerFilms]

Shout out to ChudLogic

[@ttynorttyl]

Not sure I agree with the boomer conclusion. A lot of young gen Z and older gen A seem pretty right wing.

[@icebitezart]

We have to discuss with people of our own generation and come to a consensus. Pull them out of the veil of lies and us vs them rhetoric that they’ve been stuck in.. I’ll admit we don’t do a good job at it since we shut people out who slightly disagree with us, but we need to do better and get more allies even if they have one or two things about them we don’t like.

[@Telos954x]

In the US, if a homeless person is not on EBT food stamps and/or EBT cash, there is one of three things going on. They're either recently homeless and their application hasn't processed, they're a felon convicted of selling their EBT benefits or otherwise abusing the system (IE collecting from multiple states at the same time), or they are unwilling to do what they need to get them. Every homeless shelter, every homeless outreach program, every food bank, they will all tell you the various resources there are, including food. If you're handing a homeless person that doesn't look like they're recently on the street any amount of money, it isn't going to food. It isn't going to shelter. It is going to drugs and alcohol. You giving a homeless guy the occasional $20 is not you helping them with some small gesture. You are worsening their condition by enabling what is keeping them from getting the help they need. You're humble bragging about how you're a good person doing this, but you absolutely are not. You want to feel good about yourself? Go put in time at a shelter. Put in time at a food bank. Put in time at an outreach program. Giving an addict a $20 is not showing compassion. YOU are directly harming them. You may as well just hand them heroin or crack or a bottle of cheap vodka. When it comes down to it, you are a bad person; paving the road to *their* hell with your half-assed good intentions.

[@joshknightfall]

As a vase, I do get knocked down, but I get up again. You’re never gonna keep me down.

[@chujiwu68]

😆🎶

[@rebel4466]

If you're so far gone, just turn off the TV. You're making your life worse thinking about stuff you can't influence in the slightest. The only thing you seem to get out of it is "these mean politicians make our lives worse". Turn off your phone, go outside and interact with people. Most of your lives issues only exist on the internet. I mean you're a youtuber... doesn't get much easier in life than talking and uploading for money every couple weeks. Might as well go outside and improve the community around you on your days off.

[@cynthiasilva7723]

You always show up when we need your wisdom the most

[@TheWatcherxx99]

Jesus loves you

[@christinelee6477]

These days, it’s not just boomers or older ppl who are the problem though. Younger generations of millennials & gen Z (particularly men) have become increasingly conservative & backwards.. I think it’s because of red pill manosphere influencers who have recently become prominent. There is a huge problem with the gender divide; while young women are becoming more liberal, men are going in the opposite direction. I’ve experienced it firsthand with my older brother who enjoys podcasters such as Joe Rogan & has in recent years started spewing red pill manosphere rhetoric. I think he used to be more liberal, but now we’re on opposite ends of the spectrum and don’t get along anymore as a result. It’s extremely concerning to me. I think there needs to be better influences for young men. One of the criticisms I’ve heard is that the left failed to appeal to young men, leading them to the right.

[@HungryMan22]

You are a comfortable, pampered, sheltered first-worlder who has never faced any form of violence or confrontation. I think you people need more perspective of what hardship looks like in order to appreciate how good you have it overall. If you are scared of political extremism - on any side of the spectrum - just remember that America's obesity rate is about 60%. People are too comfortable and safe to rock the boat. Most people love the system they live in, even if they virtue signal against it. Including you.

[@andreirachko]

KZbin: what did you think of this video? Me: ✅life changing, ✅inspiring

[@carbon13]

I partially disagree. While we can all appreciate the sentiment of mutual aid, it does not lead to meaningful change when the powers that be (capital) is organized at much larger scales. You briefly mention supporting striking workers, but I think you could probably highlight the importance of organization in your own workplace, starting/joining a union if you can, and building actual labor power. Without organization, trying to personally be a better person is just a nice gesture. We don't all have to cosplay as annoying political pundits on twitter, but it is also not useful to pretend that we can all just wait this out, especially when many of us are facing imminent doom.

[@carbon13]

One thing that we can take away from these last ~10 years is that people are reactionary and forgetful. The boomers dying off won't change much, when the vast majority of people across demographics simply adopt the state approved take from whatever media is put in front of them. For instance, look at how the Democrats adopting the Republican framing on immigration has shaped approval for DACA. It's pretty clear that without appropriate messaging, things will only get worse. Determining if a pundit is good or bad is not a question of if they are mainstream. It is a question of whether or not they simply grift towards reactionary narratives, or present reasoned, material analysis.

[@Huntanor]

Mutual aid can and does historically change things. We all have a choice do the thing we can do that can making things better in theory because it has by president in tge past. Or fret over what we can't do an cannot change things absolutely because it's beyond out personal scale Unless your courting death, which is always tragic, the first is more rational tgen tge second even if the first chance of returns on a large scale is very very small.

[@soniachauhan4459]

Be the change you want to see, Gandhi said. I live in India, a third world country with hard realities. Kindness is the key. To stop being so self-absorbed all the time and watching the world as a part of the world is the change we need to bring in our attitudes and then our actions. I feel you, Salari.

[@Curator134]

In India? Where people shit in the sree, where 80% of food is contaminated with shit, where the caste system makes the ricj richer and the poor untouchable? YEAH go live in India if that is what you want.

[@davidgorman4034]

Holy shit, the "my patrons are abusing me by unsubbing" guy is real? I was sure you were a work of satire.

[@Prettyinpunk420]

I still have my fury and it's becoming a wolf in a corner

[@SpoopySquid]

So your fury has become furry?

[@VLAD-yu6ul]

Its an ouroboros cycle, all through out time there has always been a problem. People two hundred years ago had their problems, people one hundred fifty had their problems, people one hundred years ago had their problems, people fifty years ago had their problems and etcetera. Humanity can pave the way for progress but with setbacks. But I guess this is me being hopeful.

[@lovelydumpling]

oh I guess I shouldn't have watched this with my boomer mom :(

[@icebitezart]

Best wishes for you. When you’re in a state of equality with her, try to have a conversation with her.

[@MRDLT00]

21:06 So basically: "Be nice to others". That's the strategy going forward to fix the many many many existential problems in the world, just be nice to your neighbors and....nothing else....ok

[@icebitezart]

It’s not just “be nice” it’s making a profound impact on the lives of the people you come across.

[@OmarAyusoVA]

In my opinion it is for me. I know I'm selfish and have no interest in making the world a better place. I guess I'm aware I'm a bad person. But honestly the desire to fight is just not there. It's just empty. To me life is tedious and annoying and the idea of having to fight to find joy is irritating.

[@RandyTemple-bs]

Waking up and having a 10 mg gummy takes that anxiety away for me....js.

[@MRDLT00]

5:20 OOORRRR Maybe we should have had a fucking Primary in the you know, DEMOCRATIC PARTY so we could actually prove she could win peoples' votes instead of just being picked by Biden without the will of the voter's consent?!?!?!?!

[@eclipse5708]

We tried that in 2016 and 2020, the people chose Bernie but the Democratic establishment wouldn't let him be the nominee. It wouldn't have mattered even if there was a primary, the Democrats would've chosen a tepid centrist that bows to the Republicans because that's who their corporate sugar daddies tell them to pick.

[@DanRan420]

History is repeating itself. It's going to be terrible but we have been here before. It will just cause millions of lives. May the source be with you.

[@TheWatcherxx99]

Nope.

[@DivineKala]

No disrespect? Actually, full disrespect. Not for all boomers. Many have suffered under these policies, been disempowered, exploited and had any chance of wealth accumulation stolen from them. Full disrespect for the people who have used these policies and politics to do so. Comellete and utter disrespect for the people who decided it was easier to listen to platitudes and steal the future from their peers and their children and their grandchildren. I have been saying for the last 20 years that the only way things get better is the boomers - as a generatiom - finally kicking the bucket. In my country they got free education, a guaranteed pension and the moment they hit a certain number they are given concession after concession off of the backs of those younger than them who they have ensured will never be able to have the quality of life they have. And they have the audacity to be upset when people are angry and disenchanted? They soent the last 20 years demonising millenials. Now - because they won't bloody well retire - theyve shifted it over to gen z's but their heads are so far up their asses they keep calling them millenials. They benefitted from a robust social contract and then put it through the shredder for everyone who came after them.

[@HunnyBadger15]

I can't believe John Mayer was right the whole time.

[@blu3622]

If only the boomers (and some gen x) would recognize that the "good old days" they remember were during a time of a 72% tax on the rich. Which was decreased in the 80s to 50% and eventually 28%. There were unions and federal grant money to universities that made tuition affordable. Your comment about showing compassion to those who are the most outcast in society was very poignant. Thanks ❤

[@ForenaamAkternaam]

The world has progressed over time but America is stuck in the 1800s. I sometimes see videos about 1800s Europe and it sounds like satire of modern America. The world is but I'm not so certain about America. I guess maybe America needs Trump to bring America's terror home to make progress possible just like Europe did in the 1940s.

[@sudd3660]

be kind, come together locally, get sustainable and self sufficient, dismantle the monetary system, do not feed the system that kills and harms us all. sacrifice everything to be helpful and a good person. do not be reliant on modern ameneties, medical and stuff.

[@spaghettiking7312]

How can we fix the world if we can't even fix ourselves?

[@lordcrunk4790]

I'd suggest starting a micro Worker Owned Cooperative. Just 2 people to start, something simple. Everyone is a co-owner and there are many successful examples. Chin up! Co-own liberty.

[@RedNymph234]

Cool.... How though?

[@lordcrunk4790]

​@@RedNymph234Easy, search for many online free COOP resources. Contact them for the best advice on starting.

[@lordcrunk4790]

​@@RedNymph234 there are international and local COOP offices and online COOP resources. They'll be able to help.

[@Buffaloguy1991]

Accepting that the average person is a theocratic fascist who loves monarchy has helped me realize that it wasn't my fault there's nothing to do as given the average human is currently in heaven I get to at least know how it really works

[@LaughOutLoudRudeeLoop]

I have to think of the film “Event Horizon “

[@Yuxius]

@4:52 Zinger!

[@kommandokodiak6025]

Bad takes. DEFUNDED

[@Laiinkyree]

Salari: Go volunteer and help the community Also Salari: Has to use stock photos of volunteering because he spends all day in bed instead of actually taking any of his advice lol. -Signed someone who's on the "evil" side and volunteers literally every day of my life.

[@Chudi2000]

He also didn’t post any images of himself helping a friend or a family member, but I doubt that means he doesn’t do it. You shouldn’t volunteer to make yourself feel better than those you dislike and try to put them down because you think they aren’t doing enough. That completely contradicts the altruistic motivation to volunteer in the first place. It’s an act of service, not a status symbol.

[@secretseeker5839]

I liked when he called out the "phony philanthropists" while bragging about giving a homeless smack-addict a fiver once.

[@meta-memes9060]

We need to farm spirulina

[@kangolan0008]

I've lost a lot of my will to try for anything ever since I turned into an adult. University studies feel unfulfilling, trying to create meaningful connections feels harder and harder. I don't know about others but I personally feel like I've lost the sight of a future I want to live in, nothing feels neithr tangible of even pleasant. Every day its more and more difficult to get out of bed, and at this point I'm... just tired. I know I should look for action, to do something. But do I force myself to do that for the sake of "doing something"? Because I don't think I can feel the importance of that work, which is most likely because of my own privilege to not witness the sort of pain marginalised people go through. Sorry for the downer comment, I just don't know how to proceed anymore. How to continue living.

[@rtothej6124]

Do you get a kick out of whining and complaining ad nauseum about things you have no control over? I have no doubt you'd find something to whine about even if you got your way. And no, the world is not beyond saving.

[@phangkuanhoong7967]

it's fine. humanity had its run. self-destruction is inevitable now because the people in power won't stop and fascists are out and proud. i just hope we don't take every living thing on the planet with us.

[@yawninghamster7238]

I agree. Even the cock roaches are better people than we are.

[@AsleepBy12am]

I love your content! Keep up the good shit pls 🙏N108

[@lostblu-e3596]

it's profund tough here, talking about impuissance, placebo internet etc... for referencement i can say these words in the british guy video : Gura, Ai expansion 2025, Ai discovery 2024, and i have forgotten the rest. gl hf in life.

[@potts995]

The idea of “saving the world” is such a Christian idea. We can fix a lot of problems, but to do so quickly, some of those will require more organization and different methods.