With all the negative stuff going on (Trump’s failed assassination) and everything, it is natural to get absorbed in the doomerism. Of course, pretending that nothing scary is happening isn’t the best thing to do. Scary stuff is happening, and we need to take action.
That being said, I personally trust Americans to do the right thing. Trump won’t win, and America won’t go fascist. This is because good people will fight and win. Same goes with other countries (France and the UK for example).
Leaving politics aside, there’s a lot of hope ahead. Science and Tech is advancing, life expectancy is increasing, investment in transit is increasing, countries r going greener, etc. Many cancer therapies r coming out (see the cancer vaccines for instance). Many cities have done some much needed land rezoning, due to which affordable housing will be a thing, 15 minute cities will be more and more common and so on.
The future is looking good, exciting stuff is happening and EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT.
Again, a little fear is good. Fear is what prevented early humans from being killed by predators, and it is what will prevent bad things from happening to us in the future. However, letting it consume our lives is a little counter intuitive.
That being said, I personally trust Americans to do the right thing
Time and time again shows that this is false
“Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted.”
This quote was meant to give hope, but I’m now dreading the literal implications of this. Americans will renounce to the idea of maximizing shareholder’s value for the next quarter only after exhausting all other options that don’t have to. By then, however, we’ll live in a world engulfed in climate change going haywire and a shell of a world power that is barely sustaining itself, if not collapsed. Our American friends don’t deserve this. No one deserves this.
If we did the right thing…
- Columbine would be the one and ONLY school shooting.
- 9/11 wouldn’t have led to security theater.
- Police would be seen as a community good
- The average American would have their basic needs met. Home. Food. Educational resources.
- Healthcare wouldn’t be all levels of fucked up.
- CEOs wouldn’t be getting 200-10000x more compensation than the average employee.
- Companies would be punished for harming the environment.
- The drug epidemic wouldnt have taken over many small towns and cities
That’s just like 25 years.
You are aware that Columbine was not even remotely the first school shooting right?
Time and time again shows that this is false
I trust my fellow GenZers in the US to get out n vote for our future. Every year millions of my GenZ siblings become eligible to vote. The American GenZ is the same generation that had to go through school shooting drills and in some cases, actual school shootings. They have seen their friends be hurt by conservative policies. I know they will make a difference in the elections to come.
I thought that Millennials would do this after the Bush era and the 08 financial crisis. I was wrong. Republican brainwashing and propaganda is extremely strong and the lack of a stronger leftist representation makes it difficult to get much will to vote. I hope you’re right but I’m also not gonna hold my breath.
Voting millennials are why a Republican presidential candidate hasn’t won the popular vote since then. They are also why there’s actual, durable, leftist representation in local governments for the first time in decades.
Change is coming, if for no other reason than the comparatively low wealth of the generation blocks the typical path to conservatism.
The future is looking good,
Is it???
It is. Sure, there r a few short term setbacks. However, in the long term time scale, things have been looking up continuously for the past few centuries. Scientific, political, social and technological progress has been made. Coming out was unimaginable for me as a kid. This however, has changed now. I can live life freely now. I have seen homophobic people change their views. This isn’t even a century long time scale. It’s more like a decade long time scale.
People can be dumb sometimes. But largely speaking, they are good. Over time, they do good things. I am excited for all the good things that we would all be doing in the years to come.
Bull mother fucking shit. You are living with your head in the sand, and assuming things will go your way against all evidence to the contrary. And shit is not good RIGHT MOTHER FUCKING NOW! And even with the slim possibility of a Democratic win in the election we still take another step towards tyranny just not three. I do not see a way off this violent path that does not lead to violence.
We need to strike the right balance imho, putting our hope in solid things. Brexit happened in the UK, showing that “doing the right thing” isn’t always guaranteed, and yet despite their pain they are chugging along, and the USA will too, in some form or another. That said, avoiding Brexit definitely would have been a better outcome so… sometimes people should have more fear than they do, e.g. to not fall for obvious scams that can take everything you have.
Be vigilant, and also protect your joy in living everyday life, bc at the end of the day that’s kinda all you have so don’t let it slip away with too many far-off thoughts that you have no control over.
Be vigilant, and also protect your joy in living everyday life, bc at the end of the day that’s kinda all you have so don’t let it slip away with too many far-off thoughts that you have no control over.
True. It just feels so depressing on social media due to stuff like this. Do what needs to be done. There r many like u doing the same thing. U r not alone.
You know, this is a good thought for those who are overly anxious.
Understand that for some of us who live in red states, Project 2025 is already being implemented in our states. The national stage isn’t doing anything to slow it down.
