Things have gotten better and progress has been made from times past, it just seems worse now because we have more access to information. We’ve come far, and have further to go!

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        Posting a bunch of context-free statistics without any citations is not what I’d call hope-posting.

        There are hopeful trends in the world: the resurgence of unions, successful environmental protest, public opinion changing against police, etc. They inspire hope because they point to the possibility of a better world. Statistics like these just point to how bad the world used to be, and in contrast, how good the current world is. It’s a way of saying “be thankful for what you have”, a sentiment easily weaponized against progress and protest.

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          I think we can take a moment to be grateful for what we have while still recognizing we have further to go.

          We’ve made progress this last century, and we’ll make progress this next one as well if we keep fighting for it.

          Perhaps a hundred years hence, two people on the internet will be looking at how life is in the current year, comparing how much better they have it.

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              Yeah… I don’t get why it’s being downvoted - people are averse to overcoming adversity?

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                Not really any way to overcome the adversity of the 10 generations that came before you polluting the world to the point of civilizational collapse. Nice quote though.

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                  Where there is life, where there is Will, there is hope. We should already be extinct twice by now. And by all probability in the known Universe we should never have existed at all.

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                Yes they are! Many people’s identity is wrapped up in the idea of saving people who can’t save themselves. If you go around suggesting people have some power to save themselves, these people need to find a new identity.

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            1 year ago

            tfw an inspirational quote about overcoming the adversity in the world gets downvoted…