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[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Man, I miss hope. It was so great.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

There is always hope, and things have always been quite bad one way or another. You're looking at the past with rose-tinted glasses, and forgetting how bad it was too

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Yes, but it's not that things in the past were perfect, it's that you could identify a general trend of things getting better. Sure, there were still huge problems, but you could believe it was just problems we hadn't gotten to yet. Now we live in a world that's actively going backwards.

[–] HamFistedVegetarian@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I get what you mean.

Personally I am unsure of whether it's one of two things

  1. Things are getting better now as they were back then but now I am older and more cynical so I don't accept they really are improving as a whole. Much like many people my age probably did when I was younger.

  2. Things are getting worse and we're all fucked.

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have absolutely no faith and see zero evidence of it being 1. I'd love to be proven wrong though.

[–] HamFistedVegetarian@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Same mate. The jury is still out on that one.

I think an actual left wing political party as an option would be a bloody good start.

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I agree with you, but I'm too old and worn down to do it, and nobody else seems to be in much of a hurry either.

I don't think it's coming in my lifetime.

[–] HamFistedVegetarian@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

I have hope!

Hopefully it is although, not knowing how old you are I just hope it happens quickly!

[–] HamFistedVegetarian@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

I have started donating to Corby 's new party, whatever it'll be called. Hopefully it'll grow into something meaningful

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