It's not like a decade of doomerism and nihilism has done anything more than gotten us here in the first place.
Any doctor will tell you that contrary action is the first step towards health
The denialists and Pollyanna’s are the ones in charge, though? Nothing about our response to climate change, or the plague, in any way even suggests that ‘doomers’ have any power at all!
One of whom was Hillary herself, since she was so confident in her victory against the opponent she hand picked that she did little to ensure it. The Trump’s & Clinton’s were so close they went to each other’s weddings and shit. Too bad she pissed off his fragile little ego, and he ran for real.
*waves at replies* I know there are still lots of people who are pretending the leaked campaign emails pertinent to the 2016 election aren’t real, just like there are people who deny the existence of Area 51 because it isn’t officially acknowledged. At this point, it’s best to just ignore them.
I didn't see anyone dooming in 2016. The only thing that would have beaten Trump then is Any Other Democrat. Had Obama not cut Biden off at the knees in favor of Clinton, we would probably be looking at the end of his 2nd term now and Trump would be in the Sarah Palin dustbin
Really, all of this failure has much more to do with the internal maneuvering of about 20 terrifically incompetent political nitwits that the Democrats can’t seem to cut free from advisory roles. Much more than any non-specific doom field, thats for sure.
A big problem with the Democratic gerontocracy is that their frame of reference seems stuck in 1985. The tools they had then are no longer relevant, but they keep using them anyway, with predictable results.
Yeah like hillary would have an acceptable stance towards climate change. She'd talk the talk but back out as soon as her climate crusade happened to go against private interest. People need to stop being fatalists and violently make the powerful fear the consequences of ending the world
Is it really doomerism and nihilism to blame? You can squarely blame many people for the current shit sandwich but they are not the doomers. Democratic leadership for their delusional attitudes, right wing reactionary think tank shitbags, Facebook uncles, but not Bernie bro straw men.
Easiest way to answer is to ask the converse: what if the centrality of doomerism and nihilism wasn't part of our lives? What would all of those things look like if left leaning folk (really, the majority of the country) took consistent positive action demanding better leadership and representation?
The much easier converse of "what if we all just believe and everyone was more involved" is "what if the democratic leadership wasn't delusional," man. It's not like people are just doing nothing.
