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monkeylogic42 t1_j2ukazx wrote

Reply to comment by Rychek_Four in Look on the dark side | We must keep the flame of pessimism burning: it is a virtue for our deeply troubled times, when crude optimism is a vice by ADefiniteDescription

Lol that you think it's a gishgallop when those are the direct challenges to your sunshine and rainbows cancer cure happy time.

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Rychek_Four t1_j2unkq8 wrote

Gish gallop is a criticism of your conversation technique, not your pessimism point.

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monkeylogic42 t1_j2uppg0 wrote

I know that's what you think it looks like, but no, all of those things are happening right now, simultaneously, while people sit here whining about being more optimistic. Our optimism fuels the fire without even thinking about it, but anyone saying stop or slow down, look at the results, gets labeled a pessimist. The idea that you change people's minds by giving them hope for a better future doesn't work. It would have already if that were the case. It's not. Optimism is profitable and easy to feed the masses.

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