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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Optimism is for older generations, who lived the before times when life got better year-after-year.

That has never happened in my entire life.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Currents of "optimism" or "pessimism" are meaningless. Actions are all that matter. And it's not just you out there.