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Is there is any hope? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 day ago by Tea@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Looking around me:

I started seeing people who support capitalist companies instead of non-profits.
People losing their freedoms everywhere at high pace.
No one is taking any serious steps to stop climate change.
A lot of non-profits had seriously down scaled their operations in the last 5 years, most probably more non-profits will get hit hard this year.
On a relative scale, no one is fighting to change any of this.

Do we have any hope?

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[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No one is taking any serious steps to stop climate change.

On a relative scale, no one is fighting to change any of this.

Do you mean "no one" in the sense of no politician or rich person? Because if so, then indeed, no one in the ruling class is doing anything about anything; but if you are talking about anyone, that there is not a single person on the face of the earth who is doing something, then I profoundly disagree.

If you are looking for hope in a savior, a messiah who will appear out of nowhere and bring about change on their own, obviously all you will find is disappointment and hopelessness. Hope lies in the people and in popular organization, it lies in joining together with your neighbors, friends and/or family to bring about the change you want to see. Hope lies in supporting those who are already fighting, either by donating to their cause or spreading their message. Hope lies in mutual support and resilience.

Hope is the last thing to be lost because it is the last thing standing fighting, with bloody knuckles, a black eye and a couple of missing teeth, but still smiling in the face of adversity.

[–] FoD@startrek.website 2 points 12 hours ago

This is not a rebuttal, I agree with everything you are saying, and i'd like to make a point.

Some would say these events are caused by their savior/Messiah. I think that adds to the hope that an alternative singular person would step up to "save" everyone.