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minus-squareOpenStars@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·23 hours agoI have to believe that it can get better. Will it have a chance to get better?
minus-squaresundraylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoMaybe. But not for a long time. Probably not in our lifetimes.
minus-squareOpenStars@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoSigh… yeah. Rome fell too, once upon a time, long may it continue in our hearts.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up27·23 hours agoI wish I shared your optimism.
minus-squareOpenStars@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·22 hours agoDon’t confuse optimism for desperation:-) But Star Trek is a great example of what can come after e.g. Bell Riots. We learn and grow through pain.
minus-squareschizo@forum.uncomfortable.businesslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·21 hours agoYou seem to have missed the global nuclear war that happened between the bell riots and shiny space communism. Wouldn’t mind avoiding that, though it seems like thats getting more and more probable. Things might get better, after everyone dies for stupid bullshit, but that’s hardly a comfort.
minus-squareOpenStars@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-221 hours agoWell, I did say after:-). All that we can hope to do is to give it our best shot. Edit:
I have to believe that it can get better.
Will it have a chance to get better?
Maybe. But not for a long time. Probably not in our lifetimes.
Sigh… yeah.
Rome fell too, once upon a time, long may it continue in our hearts.
I wish I shared your optimism.
Don’t confuse optimism for desperation:-)
But Star Trek is a great example of what can come after e.g. Bell Riots.
We learn and grow through pain.
You seem to have missed the global nuclear war that happened between the bell riots and shiny space communism.
Wouldn’t mind avoiding that, though it seems like thats getting more and more probable.
Things might get better, after everyone dies for stupid bullshit, but that’s hardly a comfort.
Well, I did say after:-).
All that we can hope to do is to give it our best shot.
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