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Re:Cruel Optimism (and Lazy Pessimism) by goodpoint on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @08:32AM (#34426397)
"suggesting personal solutions to systemic problems" is not just cruel optimism, it's a way to shift blame.

Many social problems are not caused by you or by "society" at large.

You live in a "car-centric hellscape"? Shops only sell unhealthy food? The board of directors of some companies took these decisions.

Re:Cruel Optimism (and Lazy Pessimism) by quxpar on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @10:46AM (#34428133)
To be fair, those directors were told it was their fiduciary duty to maximize profits, and the systems surrounding them clamor with nonstop praise. We allow these empires of selfishness to be amassed, we have chosen which wolf to feed ever since we stopped trust-busting.