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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While the media likes to portray angry January 6th rioter types, I would assume that most right wingers should be blissfully happy about the state of the world, no? Republicans are poised for massive gains in 2022, and soon enough, you'll be rid of doddering old "Brandon."

I'm a leftist. I don't even call myself a liberal, I'm politically somewhere between Bernie Sanders, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, and Brazilian ex-and-hopefully-soon-to-be president Lula. And I'm angry. 
While I'm a chill person day to day, the overall state of the world makes my blood boil. The planet is dying. Capitalism run amok has made a farce of the middle class and has generated an oligarchic elite taking space vacations while even middle class people worry about unexpected expenses of $500 or more, let alone the actual working poor. We completely botched the pandemic, and we are woefully incapable of handling future pandemics, our healthcare system is a travesty, but anyways - I digress - the point is, I am so pessimistic about the future. There are days when I believe a better world is possible, and then most days I think we are completely, irrevocably, F***d.

That's my world view, as a leftist. As a conservative, are you happy? None of Biden's "liberal" agenda is going through. No action is being taken on climate change and other countries as well as the US are sliding towards "living with" the pandemic. Nothing is being done to rein in corporate rule, and rich people can get away with as much as they want.

I have tried to introduce myself to the opposing view. I've read Stephen Pinker, who believes that the world is more prosperous and peaceful than it has ever been. I've read Jordan Peterson, who wants to be a long-lost Dad for lonely conservative men. I can entertain the idea that things may not necessarily be worse, so much as mass media exposes us to everything that is going on and we're on overdrive.

There are many, many reasons why I don't buy these arguments, and many other things that I believe have screwed us all, but as a conservative, you must think this is all pretty grand, right? Are you optimistic about the future?[/quote]
Are you posting this from an eco-friendly bunker? [/quote]

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