Look, I don’t think anybody has an obligation towards constructive optimism.
I do ask that those who don’t at least take care to not be destructive in their pessimism, or at least not to let those who are deliberately destructive to get in a position where they can be more destructive out of being despondent.
That’s the thing, right? It may not be your turn to make things better, but if you are mmindful in how you get out of the way somebody else may take things to the place where you can be. The part that worries me is how many people in that same spiral end up doing nothing when they get the chance, or so mad that they just want to tear things down without caring about what gets put in their place.
Look, I don’t think anybody has an obligation towards constructive optimism.
I do ask that those who don’t at least take care to not be destructive in their pessimism, or at least not to let those who are deliberately destructive to get in a position where they can be more destructive out of being despondent.
That’s the thing, right? It may not be your turn to make things better, but if you are mmindful in how you get out of the way somebody else may take things to the place where you can be. The part that worries me is how many people in that same spiral end up doing nothing when they get the chance, or so mad that they just want to tear things down without caring about what gets put in their place.