Comment on How do you fight doomerism/pessimism in these trying times?
zxqwas@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Avoid people who have this pessimistic mindset. This includes the news.
Next step is to think optimistically. There won’t be any election? He will be 85- something by then and he is not exactly the image of healthy living. And that is not even optimistic, it’s realistic thinking.
Except doing that most would avoid the truth. How many avoided that kamala would lose as pessimism, so instead of helping get a winning strategy we followed the establishment into the abyss?
What you call pessimism is often honesty, and you cannot well fix a problem if you cannot identify it.
DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
zxqwas@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I guess you could find some place where they only publish posive news, but you would be getting a skewed positive outlook instead of skewed negative from the usual news. It’s more pleasant but probably not better.
The pessimists will say that he will find a way to get a 3rd term. They will probably not say that he looks very healthy for his age. You will be doing a small fight for optimism there.