the societal doomerism on both sides is caused by starting from an imagined ideal and diffing reality against it, rather than starting from reality as the ground truth

it's no wonder you're depressed if you're comparing everything to something that was never real
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RT @NLRG_
this is simply how things Are

it isnt going wrong because there isnt a Right way for things to go
https://twitter.com/NLRG_/status/1405969654573580289