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    1. Chaos‏ @chaosprime 4 Dec 2017

      exhortations to reject cynicism and embrace hope & trust are mostly not from monsters who want to burn your hope & trust like cordwood to build their power base they're from extremely nice people whose hope & trust are being burned like cordwood to build monsters' power base

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    2. Anton Troynikov‏ @atroyn 4 Dec 2017
      Replying to @chaosprime

      the opposite of cynicism isn't hope and trust, and cynicism is a powerful tool in the arsenal of monsters.

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    3. Anton Troynikov‏ @atroyn 4 Dec 2017
      Replying to @atroyn @chaosprime

      cynicism is the belief that the world and your place in it are fixed. That's fake bullshit. The opposite is clear eyed understanding.

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    4. Chaos‏ @chaosprime 4 Dec 2017
      Replying to @atroyn

      except that's... not even approximately what cynicism is. possibly you're thinking of pessimism? the main actual idea is skepticism about people's supposed motivations for their actions which, like... is just a modicum of goddamn sense honestly

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      Chaos‏ @chaosprime 4 Dec 2017
      Replying to @chaosprime @atroyn

      i mean, i can see how people can confuse the cynic who says "that leader figure is a posturing liar" and the pessimist who says "nothing will ever get better" because they're both being ~negative~ in the febrile pop-psych usage but it's an extremely hazardous confusion

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        2. Anton Troynikov‏ @atroyn 4 Dec 2017
          Replying to @chaosprime

          This is complex, but not about 'negativity'. Cynicism is a philosophy that necessarily reinforces the prior that _leaders must be posturing liars_, which is often 1.) not practical knowledge and 2.) paralyzing.

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        3. Chaos‏ @chaosprime 4 Dec 2017
          Replying to @atroyn

          it'll reinforce that prior if you have it, sure, but it's kinda your own responsibility to not be a sucker for confirmation bias and work through to the more nuanced position that power attracts and rewards those who use it in violation of the terms under which we wish it granted

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