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Re:Major government surveillance revelations fail to make a ... by datavirtue on Sunday March 20, 2022 @08:34PM (#30748524)
On my experience these "optimists" you describe are often raging pessimists when it comes to progressive human endeavors. And as a nihilist myself, I retreat into a study of institutions, trying to discover ways to alleviate human suffering. I do look down in disgust on these "optimists" but for very different reasons. They are the enablers of continued human suffering.
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Re:Major government surveillance revelations fail to make a ... by archhn on Monday March 21, 2022 @07:33AM (#30752812)
Pessimists in the sense of complacency? Like, "Oh, things are great as they are. We don't need to change anything. Everything should stay precisely as it is because the status quo os the image of right."?
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