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Starting to wonder if the world is fixable. Just endless problems everywhere you look, and mostly just cringe morale-booster ads on the other side celebrating people fighting rearguard actions 🤔
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Lol ok. I’m sure people who lived during many previous crises thought the same thing... World War II, Black Death, numerous famines. What makes this fine period uniquely hard over all those?
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“But I believe in humanity’s capacity to endure and overcome.” <— cringe morale booster ad 😂 I personally don’t feel the need to reassure myself with statistics. I’m fine staying gloomy until real options emerge.
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That’s fair, I’m just curious. There’s definitely a lot of horrible shit happening right now to people, by people, and to all life and nature. I disagree that it’s unhelpful to point to the many positive trend lines, but I’m not prepared to try and convince u or any1 otherwise
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I will say, even a cursory reading of history should show you there were many times humanity was in sorrier and more dire straights. That said, a 2nd Trump presidency or more competent demagogue with nukes is a terrifying prospect for the world.
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