To wonder what happens in society now that will be frowned upon by our descendants

[Dylaninthemovies1]

There is lots of things our ancestors did in the past that we quite rightly think are morally reprehensible.

I’m wondering how history will judge us! What things will our descendants judge us for?

I’m thinking:
Destroying the environment
People in 3rd world country making our clothes for peanuts

Shutting the country down and fkng up the economy.

Pretty much everything at the moment.

Children being denied school.

Yeah, sweatshops, environment stuff, maybe eating animals too, (especially if they manage to invent tasty, safe, lab grown meat.)
I say that as someone on keto who lives on bacon and cheese by the way.

Zoos

I expect it will be something we haven’t predicted.

A lot of business travel
Flying for several hours for a weekend break
Disposable water bottles, takeaway food containers etc

How we “care” for our older people, particularly those who are very frail, with dementia and who live in residential and nursing homes.
The death rate from Covid-19 in our care homes will remain a stain on how the UK managed the coronavirus pandemic for decades. It speaks volumes for how we value a section of the most vulnerable members of our society.

Consumption/throwaway society
Transphobia
Massive amounts of travel (i.e. short haul business trips, city breaks etc)

The normalisation of extreme porn.

Most zoos (here anyway) have shifted their focus towards preservation, but I think American roadside zoos like yer man in Tiger King’s will definitely be looked back on as completely wrong. I mean, most people think they are pretty wrong now, but I think they will be seen as completely unacceptable.

Allowing transgender women to use women only spaces

I often think how the young of today would be shocked if they could time travel to their future and see how their children and grandchildren will scorn them!

Eating meat
Transphobia

"Allowing transgender women to use women only spaces"

Also this.

Do you think our great grandparents would scorn us?

Polluting industries have been moved to the third world with very low health and safety standards to escape the harsh environmental and safety rules demanded in the west. People have to work in these industries or starve and the countries allow their environment to become contaminated because it is their "best" option for growth. The abuse of people continues it just moves around.

"Do you think our great grandparents would scorn us?"

Not sure if you're asking generally, but I think they'd be confused by a lot of our choices

Eroding women’s rights
Eating meat
Disposable fashion
Fashion
Long haul travel for business
Polluting cars

@ScribblyGum

How we “care” for our older people, particularly those who are very frail, with dementia and who live in residential and nursing homes. The death rate from Covid-19 in our care homes will remain a stain on how the UK managed the coronavirus pandemic for decades. It speaks volumes for how we value a section of the most vulnerable members of our society.

Hopefully there will be a cure for dementia. Dementia is a cruel disease, cruelest of all for the families. Hopefully we will bit a more empathetic and not expect and pressure mainly women to care for often aggressive and sometimes violent relatives out of duty.

How women (and their children) are treated by police, and the family and criminal courts.

A fucking scandal. It will be studied and it will be condemned.

People in 3rd world country making our clothes for peanuts

The slave trade isn't as dead as we like to kid ourselves.

The rise far right, Brexit, the increasing loss of housing in subsequent generations, caged pets.

People who still smoke... our grandparents didnt know how bad it is, now everyone really does.

Throwaway culture & waste generally
Water waste - not having grey water flushing the loo etc.
Excessive car use.
Excessive business travel.
Antibiotic/medicine overuse.

Excessive availability and widespread consumption of extreme pornography.

The systematic, totalitarian destruction of free speech and freedom of expression.