• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    2 months ago

    You just contradicted yourself…

    I believe things won’t get better in this world.

    and then:

    And if the opportunity exists to make the world better, I take it

    Or do you mean that such an opportunity will never exist?

    • Monument@lemmy.sdf.org
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      edit-2
      2 months ago

      Ah, sorry. I edited that away, after rereading the context. I didn’t want to inject personal philosophy into what was clearly not about my beliefs.

      But the second clause was given (or was intended to be given) in the context that I don’t believe hope is actionable. It’s just wasted emotional energy. If I can take an action that directly improves things, I do.

      The scale is also poorly defined - sorry. The first: world at large. The second: the world that is around me - my family, my local environment (radiating out from my house, into my community, etc - but I know I can’t impact the national level).