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!

    • @[email protected]
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      251 year ago

      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.

      • @GodricOP
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        71 year ago

        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.

      • @WhiteHawk
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        11 year ago

        Two of these “trends in the world” are really just things in the US, mate.

          • @WhiteHawk
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            01 year ago

            Idk about the entire world, but at least here in Europe police cruelty is not really an issue at all

              • @WhiteHawk
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                01 year ago

                Since when it isn’t an issue? Idk, has it ever been one?

        • @chuckleslord
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          71 year ago

          If someone has something to live for, they can overcome any obstacle. Just said a different way.

          • ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃
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            01 year ago

            Yeah… I don’t get why it’s being downvoted - people are averse to overcoming adversity?

            • @Nudding
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              41 year ago

              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.

              • ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃
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                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.

            • @[email protected]
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              21 year ago

              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.