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Some positivity for your day!
(lemmy.world)
Things have gotten better and progress has been made from times past, it just seems worse now because we have more access to information. We've come far, and have further to go!
It's not like we don't still have problems to fix, but always only focusing on them doesn't show just how far we've come.
The problem is that the line between “we’ve come a long way” and it’s corollary “therefore why are you upset/why do we have to address [insert issue]?” is razor thin.
Celebrating success is great. Using it as a cudgel to stop further success is not.
Yeah definitely. But only thinking of the worst everything all the time is bad for mental health and isn't reflective of reality.
But the bad news is what social media and news amplifies.
Digsstisyi
The real problem with ignoring progress we’ve made is that it gives the false impression that what we’re doing is worthless, leading to demands to tear down everything we’re doing.
People are constantly clamoring to replace our systems with new ones “that actually work”. This is a result of being blind to the ways our current system works.
I’m not arguing for good enough. You’re framing this as a false dichotomy between completely ignoring all the accomplishments of past generations and all the valuable aspects of our current system, and completely giving up.
What we can do is decide to recognize that parts of our current system work really well, and stop always talking about trying to uproot what we have and replace it.
Bkdiyddoyd
What I mean is: our current system has value, and we should recognize that and not destroy the parts that bring us value.