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submitted 4 weeks ago by Nopeace@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

I've been thinking about my own struggles with revolutionary optimism a bit lately and thought it would be interesting to get other's takes on the matter. I wish i could say im optimistic through thick and thin but, like most of us i assume, i bounce between "its so fucking over" and "we're so fucking back" all the time. Since internalizing that "its so fucking over" is just useless defeatism ive been found it easier to continue on but it still effects me ofc.

Curious to see what others think.

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[-] Beaver@hexbear.net 11 points 4 weeks ago

A cursory reading of history, even just recent, makes it undeniable that revolutionary change is inevitable. Just ask any old person about that: they will all tell you that the world that the world they inhabited in their youth no longer exists. So the change is going to happen: the question is just what it will be.

What gives me a lot of revolutionary optimism is that I think we are actually at a unique place in human history: there are a hell of a lot more people around than ever before, more well educated than ever before. More people than ever before are thinking about how to build a better future.

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