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!
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!
Hope-posting?
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.
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.
Two of these “trends in the world” are really just things in the US, mate.
I’m not so sure that the police one is US only, but point taken.
Idk about the entire world, but at least here in Europe police cruelty is not really an issue at all
Since when?!
Since when it isn’t an issue? Idk, has it ever been one?
What
If someone has something to live for, they can overcome any obstacle. Just said a different way.
Yeah… I don’t get why it’s being downvoted - people are averse to overcoming adversity?
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.
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.
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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tfw an inspirational quote about overcoming the adversity in the world gets downvoted…
Hey, that’s from Twilight of the Idols!