[cgvgffyv]

> I did not read his statement as a blanket statement; it hadn't occurred to me that anyone would until I saw your comment.

You haven't been on the internet much have you?

Get out before it sucks all the optimism out of you and replaces it with cynicism.

I feel it's a non-reversible process.

[coldtea]

>Get out before it sucks all the optimism out of you and replaces it with cynicism.

So, get out before you actually get informed about how the world runs?

[cgvgffyv]

Does it make you feel any better though? Do you prefer to be continuously disappointed over things you have no control on?

Others don't give a damn, and they're happier because of it.

Bad things will happen to you personally eventually (assuming they haven't yet). I have enough of that to deal with already, why would I want more?

[coldtea]

>Does it make you feel any better though? Do you prefer to be continuously disappointed over things you have no control on?

Who said we have no control on the world? Do you think one has to be The President or some mogul to have a say in the world? Was Rosa Parks anybody important when she did what she did?

And even if it's not about changing the world, being aware of the pitfalls instead of blindly optimistic can let people avoid lots of dangers of the "it can't happen here" or "it can't happen to me" type...

[cgvgffyv]

> Was Rosa Parks anybody important when she did what she did?

These are social issues. There are no monetary interests at work.

In the (very, very) long run nobody really cares who you marry.

These are just the little things given to us to fight over so we don't notice what's really going on (i.e 3 wars, but still no healthcare? Come on.)

[coldtea]

>These are social issues. There are no monetary interests at work.

From slavery and Jim Crow laws, to seggregation and redlining, there were tons of monetary interests at keeping the blacks down.