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“Being too cynical and pleasantly surprised is not more sophisticated than being too idealistic and disappointed.” https://mobile.twitter.com/jonlovett/status/

• mdekkers 9y ago
  Thank you for the quote, but unfortunately I am too slow-witted to see the relevance.
• zaptheimpaler 9y ago
  Having a truthful model of the world is important to me, whether that is labeled as optimism or cynicism. The history of the world does show that small numbers of people have wielded huge power for a long time, and that has fact hasn't changed.
  • aaronbrethorst 9y ago
    If you have “little hope of changing the actual status quo” why would you even bother trying to affect change? Therefore you’re maintaining the status quo through cycnicism. Your “truthful model” is another person’s abandonment of any hope of improving the world.
    • zaptheimpaler 9y ago
      I'm not the OP, but they did say "often" not "always" - i would agree with that. Blind hope is of little use just like uninformed cynicism. Seeing a tough fight does not preclude one from fighting.