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How is that in any way a response that shouldn't engender more frustration and anger that you're suggesting it be a viable course of action? Be angry. You sho

How is that in any way a response that shouldn't engender more frustration and anger that you're suggesting it be a viable course of action? Be angry. You should be. Get your friends angry. Don't let people shut off and tune out. That's a large part of how we got to this point, to my eyes. When we truly give up, well, then you'll get to see what "too much" really feels like. As long as I live I will not give up my agency to fight for what I believe in, no matter how hopeless the cause is. That's an integral part of my philosophy in what it is to be human; and preserving any optimism in a future of my country's governance is a hill I'm more than willing to die on.

krapp 8y ago
>That's a large part of how we got to this point, to my eyes. When we truly give up, well, then you'll get to see what "too much" really feels like. That's true. The other side saw globalism, liberalism, feminism and multiculturalism as a threat to the world they wanted, and they got angry, and fought against it, and arguably are winning. The world is shifting towards an embrace of right-wing, racialist and authoritarian populism in part because the people who could and should stand against it have become disillusioned and cynical and have decided to drop out. They've somehow convinced themselves that effort and political action doesn't work, despite the world around them being the result of effort and political action having worked against them.