This is a great forum for people of all ages and I'm wondering what your biggest concern or worry about the future is? It can be either personal or societal or both if you want to list both.
I'd like to hear what other people have to say but I already have my societal answer ready to go.
i’ll be honest, especially when the pandemic started all i have been seeing in my future is a black wall which is impossible to climb over. the reason is not only covid-19, i have been thinking about climate changes, overcrowding, intolerances, wars, unemployment and many more. i wish i could say that one of this horrible factors has decreased since then, but i can’t. i know that i’m being very pessimistic but sincerely i consider myself as a smart person, and smart people ask themselves questions, especially when they want to improve the situation. the world which is delivered to the new generations appears nice and good, but it isn’t and there are very few people who acknowledge it. individuals prefer to pretend that everything is fine, but it’s not.
The social values, human values are dropped to the floors, while terrorism, exploitation of nature, global warming etc are increasing alarmingly. These are my biggest concerns about the future.
My biggest worry is the widespread acceptance of ideologies like socialism, Marxism and communism. And governments like China and Russia become world leaders instead of the US.
My biggest worry is the widespread acceptance of ideologies like socialism, Marxism and communism. And governments like China and Russia become world leaders instead of the US.I don t think, that socialism, marxism and communism will come back! It is only a bubble of mass media and some „elite“, which are thinking that is so cool to be left and marxist! But the mayority of people will live in liberty and they give a sh...t on communism!
My biggest worry is the widespread acceptance of ideologies like socialism, Marxism and communism. And governments like China and Russia become world leaders instead of the US.I don t think, that socialism, marxism and communism will come back! It is only a bubble of mass media and some „elite“, which are thinking that is so cool to be left and marxist! But the mayority of people will live in liberty and they give a sh...t on communism!
I really hope that you're right. Unfortunately people are attracted to slogans like "equality" and "free stuff", and somehow moralize the idea of communism and socialism. I do hope that it's just a bubble as you mentioned.
So what I am actually concerned about is the climate change and the (negative) consequences it is going to have for this planet and us.
I am also convinced that our society is actively destroying itself by building all these (sometimes extreme) groups, which have their ideology and hate everything that might not fit their opinion. That is obviously not good either.
Additionally to that I am afraid of a potential (world) war, not that I would think that someone would start a war now, but just in general.
Right now I am also very very worried about the elections in Germany and the party/ies, that will get the majority.
The pandemic is starting to really get on my nerves too, and since I am going to be 18 in a scarily short time I am concerned about my personal future too.
It took me a while to decide between my top two, but I finally chose the rise of authoritarianism around the world. I think that's the biggest threat to the world in many ways. Increased nationalism that's often associated with authoritarianism leads to less cooperation between nations on a number of issues and also increases the chances of war. In addition authoritarianism often persecutes and/or kills intellectuals decreasing the brain power needed to address problems both nationally and internationally. Authoritarians also tend to denigrate minority portions of the population increasing persecution against them which tends to increase violence against them.
My other choice is climate change. However as we've seen with many authoritarian figures around the world they tend to discount climate change and promote things such as increased use of coal and oil products and exploitation of natural resources such as clear cutting forests which increase climate change. So I think this is actually part of the climate change problem.
My biggest worry is the widespread acceptance of ideologies like socialism, Marxism and communism. And governments like China and Russia become world leaders instead of the US.
Although I agree that Marxism and communism have never proven to be positive systems, the most socialist countries tend to be the happiest countries. I don't think that one can discount socialist policies without first looking into how they work in countries that are leaders in citizen satisfaction.
Biggest, no. I've many concern if I think about the well being of my people or even of the species as a whole. I've no concern if it's about life or Earth though, and by that I mean that the concern about global warming is a concern about our own arse because life "finds a way", and will inevitably disappear, but much much after we, humans, will disappear. So that being said, among concern I could have:
- Education getting lowered years after years. The more it goes, the more they look at the bait rather than the baiter.
- Wealth repartition. Anyone already see its effects. Some people are still about to say that it's fine and that people who criticize it are just envious, but it isn't the case.
- Privatization and liberalization of public goods such as hospital and transportations as well as the fields that actually provide a good source of incomes to the state.
- Censorship and dogmatism that goes in apir with education for a aprt, and that ironically increase dogmatism and radicalism of people and stuff being censored.
- Self harming in the West by believing that the world is as nice as "us" while it is not. This can be through increased and pushed migration and multiculturalism, pushed tolerance and the belief that your country can take all the misery of the world while it's mathematically ineffective not to say harmful to both the developped and developping countries.
- The inability of humans to self preserve, or at least to see more than a few year in the future. Leading to an overuse of ressources and the destruction of the ecosystem which will inevitably strikes our species back.
- The stupidity and the corruption of some leaders as well as the lazyness and the inaction from people who see it leading some governments and some institution to be nothing but bloodsuckers that works in the interests of another country or private institutions rather than the people.
- The value given to money as if it was an end in itself while it's nothing more than a tool.
- The worships of democracy that ironically is being less and less of a thing.
etc.
I just put them in a random order without thinking much about it, but there are truly too many things to be concern about here. I guess there are less in a country like China although there are still a lot, but globally, I guess that having so many 'big concerns" are a sign that we're living in a very interesting time, aka a "prepareUrAnus" era.
Equality and "free stuff" aren't really bad.. "Free stuff" is an abuse of language, and equality can be find depending on which one. If you consider giving equal chances (for how it is possible) to as much citizens as possible to reach a high rank in society, then socialism isn't inherently bad for a society and both China or France have gotten good results in their time under these ideas.My biggest worry is the widespread acceptance of ideologies like socialism, Marxism and communism. And governments like China and Russia become world leaders instead of the US.I don t think, that socialism, marxism and communism will come back! It is only a bubble of mass media and some „elite“, which are thinking that is so cool to be left and marxist! But the mayority of people will live in liberty and they give a sh...t on communism!I really hope that you're right. Unfortunately people are attracted to slogans like "equality" and "free stuff", and somehow moralize the idea of communism and socialism. I do hope that it's just a bubble as you mentioned.
It took me a while to decide between my top two, but I finally chose the rise of authoritarianism around the world. I think that's the biggest threat to the world in many ways. Increased nationalism that's often associated with authoritarianism leads to less cooperation between nations on a number of issues and also increases the chances of war. In addition authoritarianism often persecutes and/or kills intellectuals decreasing the brain power needed to address problems both nationally and internationally. Authoritarians also tend to denigrate minority portions of the population increasing persecution against them which tends to increase violence against them.I disagree with you, but since I've been talking a lot already, I'd just keep it to one point: Authoritarian governments are more likely to become a strong thing in the future if the global warming keeps going this way because of how the conflicts for ressources and essential ressourses like water, will get significantly more importants (in term of numbers and violence).My other choice is climate change. However as we've seen with many authoritarian figures around the world they tend to discount climate change and promote things such as increased use of coal and oil products and exploitation of natural resources such as clear cutting forests which increase climate change. So I think this is actually part of the climate change problem.
