• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      13 days 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
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        13 days 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).