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Re: Ask HN: Are you an optimist for the next 10 years?

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Post by fsflover » Sun, Jan 14, 2024, 6:45 PM UTC

admissionsguy wrote: post #27

aristofun wrote: post #7

Obviously. There is nothing more ignorant that to be pessimistic just because of being in the midst of another crisis. It is your fear and instincts speaking, not reason. Because logically- mankind had never had a crisis that didn’t end up with another phase of growth that reached new heights. No reasons to assume things are gonna be different just because you witness it. It is exactly because of crisis things get be…

> just because of being in the midst of another crisis. What crisis is the world in at the moment?

Climate emergency?

Re: Ask HN: Are you an optimist for the next 10 years?

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Post by giantg2 » Sun, Jan 14, 2024, 6:55 PM UTC

BillyTheMage wrote: post #49

giantg2 wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"left seems to be waning" Is it? The country is divided mostly in an urban vs rural way. Each area is basically aligned the same as it always was. If anything, urban sprawl and transplants are causing more areas to become urbanized and lean left.

It's not even "left", it's Democrats. Most actual leftists are out in the country too scared for their lives to do much public organizing.

Depends on how far left we are talking. Based on the party goals/statements it's typically that Democrats are left and Republicans are right. Obviously there is a spectrum, but that seems to be true in the aggregate and reflected in the types of laws being enacted in the municipalities or states.

Re: Ask HN: Are you an optimist for the next 10 years?

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Post by admissionsguy » Mon, Jan 15, 2024, 8:24 AM UTC

fsflover wrote: post #51

admissionsguy wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> just because of being in the midst of another crisis. What crisis is the world in at the moment?

Climate emergency?

It is nice that we are getting rid of things like coal and dependency on the Arab states, but it is a stretch to call it an emergency. Especially on a personal level, it is a hypothetical problem that almost does not affect people's lives. Where it does affect people's lives, as in case of increased energy bills, it is at such high levels of wealth compared to even 2000s that calling it a crisis is going way overboard.