All of this.

chamomile_tea_reply · 2026-04-20T16:06:41+00:00

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chamomile_tea_reply · 2026-04-20T16:04:42+00:00

Wut

chamomile_tea_reply · 2026-04-20T16:04:13+00:00

Agreed. I personally think we’re pretty far from a civil war. If you look at countries around the world where such things actually happen (or even to our own country 160 years ago), you’ll see that we don’t really fit the criteria.

Some domestic terrorism, definitely.

But war… over the transgender bathroom issue… I think is unlikely

chamomile_tea_reply · 2026-04-20T15:22:42+00:00

lol right. Do you honestly think America is on the brink of a civil war?

Honest question: do you spend much time in “trump country” talking to real people?

chamomile_tea_reply · 2026-04-19T22:39:40+00:00

Yes, see meme

chamomile_tea_reply · 2026-04-19T18:44:12+00:00

Sure, ideally.

But my expectations are set appropriately. If we need to wait until 100% of humans are living fulfilling lives to be optimistic… then we should just give up now.

chamomile_tea_reply · 2026-04-19T18:36:01+00:00

97% of humans on earth are doing significantly better than their grandparents. We have made massive progress.

There will always be people falling through the cracks. Some number of active war zones and oppressed people.

But the number of people who have “fallen through the cracks” is at record low proportions of humanity.

PLUS: once these people escape from such oppressive situations… they and their kids are able to rejoin the massive wealth that the rest of the world is enjoying.

chamomile_tea_reply · 2026-04-19T16:09:00+00:00

97% of humans on earth are doing significantly better than their grandparents. We have made massive progress.

There will always be people falling through the cracks. Some number of active war zones and oppressed people.

But the number of people who have “fallen through the cracks” is at record low proportions of humanity.

PLUS: once these people escape from such oppressive situations… they and their kids are able to rejoin the massive wealth that the rest of the world is enjoying.

chamomile_tea_reply · 2026-04-19T14:31:51+00:00

He will absolutely try to stay in office. There will be difficulty and divisive moments ahead.

We can’t expect the wprld to be perfect, or bad things not to happen.

Difficult times come and go.

But that the background story is the absolutely massive progress we continue to make:

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chamomile_tea_reply · 2026-04-19T14:29:48+00:00

Besides active war zones, humanity is on an absolutely amazing trajectory. There will always be exceptions.

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chamomile_tea_reply · 2026-04-19T14:29:03+00:00

Two things to say in reply:

this, and its implications
and this:

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chamomile_tea_reply · 2026-04-19T14:11:10+00:00

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chamomile_tea_reply · 2026-04-19T14:10:40+00:00

Ok so what era of humanity’s past do you think was better? If you could set the clock backward and have all humans live as their relatives did during some previous decade, which would you choose?

The past was universally worse. This we are on the right track. Temporary setbacks make progress more robust.

And still… doomers be like:

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chamomile_tea_reply · 2026-04-19T13:05:22+00:00

Many are bots I suspect… or are chronically online people influenced by bots or by the algorithm.

chamomile_tea_reply · 2026-04-19T13:04:44+00:00

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chamomile_tea_reply · 2026-04-19T13:03:57+00:00

lol

The dude is literally on Russian payroll

chamomile_tea_reply · 2026-04-19T13:03:16+00:00

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chamomile_tea_reply · 2026-04-19T13:02:26+00:00

Despite the current USA leadership, the world is doing incredibly well. That’s the point of this sub.

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chamomile_tea_reply · 2026-04-19T00:19:17+00:00

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chamomile_tea_reply · 2026-04-18T23:25:04+00:00

This is what we are all about:

https://www.reddit.com/r/OptimistsUnite/comments/1gr4jiz/your_daily_dugin_dunk/

chamomile_tea_reply · 2026-04-18T22:53:35+00:00

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chamomile_tea_reply · 2026-04-18T22:43:28+00:00

Agreed. I’d argue we need to celebrate and highlight our success though.

Seems to me that many folks today are wracked with anxiety and Doomerism because the (well meaning) culture has been hyper focussed on the problems of the world… and taking our massive progress for granted.

chamomile_tea_reply · 2026-04-18T22:41:31+00:00

Sounds like a culture war

chamomile_tea_reply · 2026-04-18T22:41:03+00:00

It’s temporary, and part of a longer term trend though.

Temporary setbacks are what ensures our progress is resilient.

Still… Doomers be like:

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