<![CDATA[One of the great lessons in life is that we built this.]]>One of the great lessons in life is that we built this.

All of it.

And we choose throughout our days how we will continue or change the world we have built.

We can build differently.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/f5ec5f1f-69ad-4d41-8ea9-ac30c6d43129/one-of-the-great-lessons-in-life-is-that-we-built-this.RSS for NodeThu, 28 May 2026 23:03:55 GMTThu, 28 May 2026 08:00:18 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to One of the great lessons in life is that we built this. on Thu, 28 May 2026 13:13:12 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay It’s the original “big lie” so that we will work for the system instead of humanity.
The system created many of these things and then decided it wasn’t going to pay for them. Marketing became the way to sell you the lie. Organized religion helped sell it by adding promises of glory and power. “You’re on your own now”...get a job…get a second job…things that existed for the common good became privatized.
We’re coming up on a fork in the road…

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bouriquet/statuses/116652375567124061https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bouriquet/statuses/116652375567124061Thu, 28 May 2026 13:13:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the great lessons in life is that we built this. on Thu, 28 May 2026 12:51:24 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay time to repost this for people interested in a short essay on modern civilization

https://www.guernicamag.com/john_berger_7_15_11/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mmby/statuses/116652289852962503https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mmby/statuses/116652289852962503Thu, 28 May 2026 12:51:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the great lessons in life is that we built this. on Thu, 28 May 2026 12:50:43 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay We decide entirely ourselves if we want to live in heaven or hell. I'm not entirely convinced about the afterlife so I suggest we create heaven on earth and have a good time while we can.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/johnrohde/statuses/116652287181207500https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/johnrohde/statuses/116652287181207500Thu, 28 May 2026 12:50:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the great lessons in life is that we built this. on Thu, 28 May 2026 12:44:06 GMT]]>@MMusselwhite @Natasha_Jay
"As history confirms, people will change their minds about almost anything, from which god they worship to how they style their hair. But when it comes to existential judgments, human beings in general have an unfalteringly good opinion of themselves and their condition in this world and are steadfastly confident they are not a collection of self-conscious nothings."
- Thomas Ligotti

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/clintruin/statuses/116652261154467155https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/clintruin/statuses/116652261154467155Thu, 28 May 2026 12:44:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the great lessons in life is that we built this. on Thu, 28 May 2026 12:43:30 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay This is one of my litanies:

Make , or

Historians accurately claim ignorance, is the ultimate enemy. So why wouldn't the best , Behavioral Science, by the greatest solve?

Because ignorance is currently in the majority, and spreading... instead of the increasingly dire necessity, of its opposite.

So at scale, what's the "back into caves" equivalent?.. teach alongside Behavioral Science - or, as that "dire" substitute. Because if you don't have the basic tools to survive, instead of the luxury of thrive, then you're deservedly EXTINCT.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/numodular/statuses/116652258777021669https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/numodular/statuses/116652258777021669Thu, 28 May 2026 12:43:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the great lessons in life is that we built this. on Thu, 28 May 2026 12:25:52 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay we can burn it down even quicker. dont play with fire kids

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116629360584417738/statuses/116652189467355714https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116629360584417738/statuses/116652189467355714Thu, 28 May 2026 12:25:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the great lessons in life is that we built this. on Thu, 28 May 2026 12:00:05 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay

Exactly this indeed, we made it all up, and it can be changed if we want to…

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/xs4me2/statuses/116652088075976156https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/xs4me2/statuses/116652088075976156Thu, 28 May 2026 12:00:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the great lessons in life is that we built this. on Thu, 28 May 2026 11:27:10 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay Even more so that many of the things people take for granted were actually build or made up during the last century. "The concrete is still fresh and one can easily leave a mark."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/fogti/statuses/116651958638190733https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/fogti/statuses/116651958638190733Thu, 28 May 2026 11:27:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the great lessons in life is that we built this. on Thu, 28 May 2026 11:27:09 GMT]]>@alpacamale

"Modern Social Democracy".

OK, more of a definition than a word, but probably still worth looking up to see if it matches what you are aiming to preserve.

@Natasha_Jay

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/ermo/statuses/116651958557447338https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/ermo/statuses/116651958557447338Thu, 28 May 2026 11:27:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the great lessons in life is that we built this. on Thu, 28 May 2026 11:21:38 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay More 'they' than 'we', but yeah. Time to change the rhetoric to reflect the values of the kind and build the society of the caring by heavily taxing the unkind and uncaring

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/decapitae/statuses/116651936845233670https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/decapitae/statuses/116651936845233670Thu, 28 May 2026 11:21:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the great lessons in life is that we built this. on Thu, 28 May 2026 11:19:35 GMT]]>@joe_vinegar @Natasha_Jay fair, although right now it feels like the main change factors are in the wrong direction.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.ainmosni.eu/users/ainmosni/statuses/01KSQ4ZAMFFJR9WAN261A5EHRShttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.ainmosni.eu/users/ainmosni/statuses/01KSQ4ZAMFFJR9WAN261A5EHRSThu, 28 May 2026 11:19:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the great lessons in life is that we built this. on Thu, 28 May 2026 11:19:00 GMT]]>@ainmosni @Natasha_Jay ackshuallee... as a society (which society? who? where? when?) we do change a lot, but not at the same time, everywhere, in the same way.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bida.im/users/joe_vinegar/statuses/116651926523967841https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bida.im/users/joe_vinegar/statuses/116651926523967841Thu, 28 May 2026 11:19:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the great lessons in life is that we built this. on Thu, 28 May 2026 11:18:39 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay
"eating meat" is another one of those extremely deadly made-up concepts.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://veganism.social/users/pelle/statuses/116651925135988485https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://veganism.social/users/pelle/statuses/116651925135988485Thu, 28 May 2026 11:18:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the great lessons in life is that we built this. on Thu, 28 May 2026 11:14:54 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay The frustrating part of this that yes, it's totally correct, but we, as a society, just. don't. change. it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.ainmosni.eu/users/ainmosni/statuses/01KSQ4PR4HMR8JN30FXCXD4PBWhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.ainmosni.eu/users/ainmosni/statuses/01KSQ4PR4HMR8JN30FXCXD4PBWThu, 28 May 2026 11:14:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the great lessons in life is that we built this. on Thu, 28 May 2026 11:11:36 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay
Life is exactly that—an echo of our own choices. The world around us isn't just something that happens to us, but something we actively shape with every daily brick, whether in our routine, relationships, or thoughts.
Knowing that we built everything up to this point brings huge responsibility, but also a surreal freedom: if the current scenery doesn't please us, the pen is still in our hand to change the script. We can absolutely build it differently!
🦁🦁🦁

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116512071444209659/statuses/116651897426776191https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116512071444209659/statuses/116651897426776191Thu, 28 May 2026 11:11:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the great lessons in life is that we built this. on Thu, 28 May 2026 11:11:21 GMT]]>@snaprails @Natasha_Jay We (in general) ignored the arsonists pouring kerosene on it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/ap/users/116512980620435480/statuses/116651896432285174https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/ap/users/116512980620435480/statuses/116651896432285174Thu, 28 May 2026 11:11:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the great lessons in life is that we built this. on Thu, 28 May 2026 11:10:52 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay

i knew it! 365 days a year is so random. why such an odd number when it could be 400.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/utf_7/statuses/116651894542814012https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/utf_7/statuses/116651894542814012Thu, 28 May 2026 11:10:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the great lessons in life is that we built this. on Thu, 28 May 2026 11:03:02 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay This is why Sociology should be a core subject in school. Otherwise all this gets taken for granted and we're all doomed.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sciences.social/users/Research_FTW/statuses/116651863745005175https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sciences.social/users/Research_FTW/statuses/116651863745005175Thu, 28 May 2026 11:03:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the great lessons in life is that we built this. on Thu, 28 May 2026 11:02:25 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay Gods.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/ap/users/116092650648397225/statuses/116651861326566768https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/ap/users/116092650648397225/statuses/116651861326566768Thu, 28 May 2026 11:02:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the great lessons in life is that we built this. on Thu, 28 May 2026 10:58:32 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay

I have begun a campaign denegrate the phrase "it is what it is", which supports the illusion of a default status quo which it is useless to oppose.

Because it ISN'T 'what it is'. It's what it became. And it CAN be changed.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/_chris_real/statuses/116651846057822599https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/_chris_real/statuses/116651846057822599Thu, 28 May 2026 10:58:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the great lessons in life is that we built this. on Thu, 28 May 2026 10:54:06 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay She forgot the most unimportant thing that humans made up: gods. Without us they don't exist.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DukeDuke/statuses/116651828602569985https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DukeDuke/statuses/116651828602569985Thu, 28 May 2026 10:54:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the great lessons in life is that we built this. on Thu, 28 May 2026 10:16:51 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay This is why I am so angry that the word "conservative" is burned. I would like to be conservative, as in, to conserve and protect what is good in society. Like laws that protect the weak from the strong. Or rights that apply to every human being. All made up, but worth protecting.

Is there maybe a better word for wanting to protect the achievements of society?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.cologne/ap/users/116232768628584081/statuses/116651682133847091https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.cologne/ap/users/116232768628584081/statuses/116651682133847091Thu, 28 May 2026 10:16:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the great lessons in life is that we built this. on Thu, 28 May 2026 10:16:18 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay except for forsaking material belongings to our feline overlords. That one's mandated by the gods.]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi.catto.garden/objects/8cd3a5c2-9dc8-452f-8db7-a3f76632f3e8https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedi.catto.garden/objects/8cd3a5c2-9dc8-452f-8db7-a3f76632f3e8Thu, 28 May 2026 10:16:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the great lessons in life is that we built this. on Thu, 28 May 2026 09:55:56 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay I wrote a punky song about our tendency, especially when we’re somewhat comfortable, to forget that regular people created this whole deal, good and bad.

When we do that, we only ever come up with ideas that pick ineffectually at the edges of the problems.

https://on.soundcloud.com/2mXnhTI0qiyyU9jryj

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/paddyduke/statuses/116651599893817209https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/paddyduke/statuses/116651599893817209Thu, 28 May 2026 09:55:56 GMT