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Cedric's avatar

I just say, "I don't really know that it's hopeless, it looks like it, but I'll do whatever I can do to carry on." Never give your enemies the satisfaction of seeing you give up without a fight.

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Sotiris Rex's avatar

This would have been the best sign-off to this post. Thank you.

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Vxi7's avatar

Another great writing. I am furious about these NPC answers since forever. Difficult to have a conversation with anyone when their head is buried under the sand.

I think statism is stockholm syndrome in large...

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American Noble's avatar

Tons of great stuff, here. "Faith in evil enables evil to reign. Faith in something good makes good reign." "Yet, the lesser evil is the greatest evil because it perpetuates evil." "Meaningful change comes only after you lose all your hope in things you can't control."

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Sotiris Rex's avatar

Thank you. Glad these resonate with you

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Sean's avatar

Great article! As Frank Herbert said, "hope clouds observation".

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Sotiris Rex's avatar

Nice. Thank you.

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Joel Walbert's avatar

I've been called black pilled for accepting the harsh reality we are living in. Like 'anti-vaxxer', I embrace the slur. If being a hard nosed realist, while simultaneously being an optimist is black pilled, i am blacker than a black hole. Or as Legalman calls it, cyanide-pilled. Shit is fucked, but we must carry on. Stand for something or die for nothing, no matter how uncomfortable it becomes

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