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Re:I was tricked into thinking I had “grit” by lonelappde on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @09:00AM (#23090403)
The problem with the that quote is that "it's better now than before" is used my large political movements to justify cancelling the effort that got us here, and letting us backslide.
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Re:I was tricked into thinking I had “grit” by RookyNumbas on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @09:43AM (#23090819)
Will Durant has an interesting quote that has stuck with me, something along the lines of: Out of every 100 new ideas, 99 of them will be bad, and inferior to what was replaced.

My impression is that "It's better now than before" is used to protect the effort that got us here, not cancel it. It's used to protect us against the 99 bad ideas.

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Re:I was tricked into thinking I had “grit” by koheripbal on Thursday May 07, 2020 @01:25PM (#23105585)
I've never seen anyone on consequence suggest we cancel any major social program or civil right.

That sounds more like irrational fear on your part.

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