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submitted 11 months ago by UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee to c/casualconversation@lemm.ee

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With all the negative stuff going on (Trump's failed assassination) and everything, it is natural to get absorbed in the doomerism. Of course, pretending that nothing scary is happening isn't the best thing to do. Scary stuff is happening, and we need to take action.

That being said, I personally trust Americans to do the right thing. Trump won't win, and America won't go fascist. This is because good people will fight and win. Same goes with other countries (France and the UK for example).

Leaving politics aside, there's a lot of hope ahead. Science and Tech is advancing, life expectancy is increasing, investment in transit is increasing, countries r going greener, etc. Many cancer therapies r coming out (see the cancer vaccines for instance). Many cities have done some much needed land rezoning, due to which affordable housing will be a thing, 15 minute cities will be more and more common and so on.

The future is looking good, exciting stuff is happening and EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT.

Again, a little fear is good. Fear is what prevented early humans from being killed by predators, and it is what will prevent bad things from happening to us in the future. However, letting it consume our lives is a little counter intuitive.

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[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Time and time again shows that this is false

I trust my fellow GenZers in the US to get out n vote for our future. Every year millions of my GenZ siblings become eligible to vote. The American GenZ is the same generation that had to go through school shooting drills and in some cases, actual school shootings. They have seen their friends be hurt by conservative policies. I know they will make a difference in the elections to come.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You say that with such certainty, but there are any number of dictatorships where young people have gone through even worse, yet have not managed to dislodge the dictator. And what makes you think there will even be [meaningful, non-rigged] "elections to come???"

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I thought that Millennials would do this after the Bush era and the 08 financial crisis. I was wrong. Republican brainwashing and propaganda is extremely strong and the lack of a stronger leftist representation makes it difficult to get much will to vote. I hope you're right but I'm also not gonna hold my breath.

[–] Ashtear@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Voting millennials are why a Republican presidential candidate hasn't won the popular vote since then. They are also why there's actual, durable, leftist representation in local governments for the first time in decades.

Change is coming, if for no other reason than the comparatively low wealth of the generation blocks the typical path to conservatism.