Like, after we drive ourselves off a cliff because of the natural world reacting to our bullshit, shrugging us off like insects, I'm dying to find out about the next epoch following the Anthropocene.

The next sentient species to roam the Earth, be it a million years from now....will they learn about us, will they enact communism? Will they actually live the lives that no species on this planet ever managed to live?

Shit, forget about the extinction of humanity. In the unlikely instance that civilization and humanity doesn't collapse, it hurts to know I won't be alive for a true communist utopia. Because it will come one day, it's inevitable. But it's sure as shit not happening within our lifetimes.

  • penguin_von_doom [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    Yes. Ever since Covid I have been struggling a lot with mortality. On one hand I realized how vulnerable my mom is, and I know that her time will come. On the other - with the pandemic so much death has become so obvious. And then - realizing the extend of climate change, and how life is not only doomed, but worthless .... IDK it worries me a lot. I think about it a lot. I hope there is something after it, but I also know that everything points to the conclusion that there isnt, and that this particular configuration of consciousness once gone is gone, and cant ever experience or be. And knowing it can happen just like that, and that its inevitable, and at best it will just follow a long period of deterioration where at some point you will no longer be you just .... :sadness-abysmal: :sadness-abysmal: :sadness-abysmal: :sadness-abysmal:

    • Mrtryfe [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      I hope there is something after it, but I also know that everything points to the conclusion that there isnt

      I can't say I'm much of a religious person anymore, but I also don't think there's any conclusive evidence that points to one thing or the other when it comes to what occurs after death.

      Where you find nothingness uncomfortable (and how would you even perceive that once the lights are out?), others, even in this thread, find that thought to be comforting. There are still others that find the idea of an afterlife or reincarnation or whatever else that involves some form of living again to be uncomfortable, while another group of people find those thoughts comforting.

      Whatever helps you mentally, it doesn't mean you need to give up any leftist values. There are plenty of people that have beliefs that are syncretic in this way.