If you are going to trust all people and their claimed motivations without thinking, you are going to set yourself as a victim. Would it be cynical to wonder w

If you are going to trust all people and their claimed motivations without thinking, you are going to set yourself as a victim. Would it be cynical to wonder who benefits from such credulity? b^) Actually the most vocal seldom benefit from their "optimism". Sometimes they are hired by those who do benefit, so they get a sort of indirect benefit.