I'm talking about stuff like "there's NOT gonna be an election in 2028" and such, and I also support optimism

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[–] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Avoid people who have this pessimistic mindset. This includes the news.

Next step is to think optimistically. There won't be any election? He will be 85- something by then and he is not exactly the image of healthy living. And that is not even optimistic, it's realistic thinking.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)
    1. What about the more positive news?
    2. Well Trump is technically ineligible to run for a third term, so...
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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    I guess you could find some place where they only publish posive news, but you would be getting a skewed positive outlook instead of skewed negative from the usual news. It's more pleasant but probably not better.

    The pessimists will say that he will find a way to get a 3rd term. They will probably not say that he looks very healthy for his age. You will be doing a small fight for optimism there.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Except doing that most would avoid the truth. How many avoided that kamala would lose as pessimism, so instead of helping get a winning strategy we followed the establishment into the abyss?

    What you call pessimism is often honesty, and you cannot well fix a problem if you cannot identify it.

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