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In reply to the discussion: I am so disillusioned. [View all]

cilla4progress

(24,589 posts)
88. This is beautiful.
Fri Jan 14, 2022, 04:49 PM
Jan 2022

Is it from A People's History?

I subscribe to this philosophy. I think about it a lot. I strive to live my life in this way. In fact, I'm going to print it out and post it on my wall.

If you can help with one thing, though: how do you view this in the current framework of climate collapse? What I mean is, IS the future infinite? I don't think it is ... for humans here on earth and many other species we are decimating, as well as the oceans, sky, earth herself.

How I've been finding peace with it is to think / believe that the earth will live on, once we humans have killed ourselves off. Just a small spark of life can spawn multitudes.

I also believe that Indigenous people and their wisdom may be the path to survival. I hope they do survive the damage Western thought and "civilization" has wrought. It would be a great and true outcome.

I am so disillusioned. [View all] madaboutharry Jan 2022 OP
What a perfect post cilla4progress Jan 2022 #1
I find escapes too. madaboutharry Jan 2022 #3
Yes it is krawhitham Jan 2022 #13
So spot on. The SCOTUS six are extreme wingers, Sinema has a gigantic ego... brush Jan 2022 #40
Manchin and Sinema are DINO's and now they have been exposed as such. hadEnuf Jan 2022 #94
Until and unless we end campaign donations, Super PACS, revolving door and dark money Dustlawyer Jan 2022 #63
We used to have caucuses at our house back in the day cilla4progress Jan 2022 #87
I've become very interested in sitcoms lately. I found the original "Odd Couple" Maraya1969 Jan 2022 #77
😢 😢 😢 exactly right. I'm just sick. Really do not know what to do. It IS just sick. a kennedy Jan 2022 #2
Yep left-of-center2012 Jan 2022 #4
I share your disillusionment jcmaine72 Jan 2022 #5
That's Where I'm At nt SoCalDavidS Jan 2022 #7
I agree that things are likely wnylib Jan 2022 #64
That about sums it up. Baitball Blogger Jan 2022 #6
me too. Some other things that have me disillusioned in addition to the ones you list NewHendoLib Jan 2022 #8
Amen Joinfortmill Jan 2022 #9
yes a sorry pathetic country now ,,,thanks gop. anti stupid Jan 2022 #10
the Fourth Turning is about to show it's teeth. Kablooie Jan 2022 #11
First time I read someone posting this on DU, TY YP_Yooper Jan 2022 #56
Left? Dyedinthewoolliberal Jan 2022 #62
We do. The messaging is just not available as RW smear machine dominates airwaves. The "left" is Evolve Dammit Jan 2022 #93
I'm going with Lowered Expectations. Expect little and when something good happens, be excited. sarcasmo Jan 2022 #12
no real news - every yin gots a yang, y'know? bringthePaine Jan 2022 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore Jan 2022 #15
I agree, but what helps me... XacerbatedDem Jan 2022 #65
It is disgusting. FoxNewsSucks Jan 2022 #16
Coal & Curtsy will go down in infamy. Celerity Jan 2022 #21
coal & curtsy - absolutely perfect! notinkansas Jan 2022 #50
SO PERFECT. LowerManhattanite Jan 2022 #51
I've been cutting loose.... paleotn Jan 2022 #32
I am very old,this too shall pass. pidge Jan 2022 #17
If we had the social media and 24 hour cable news/propaganda Mr.Bill Jan 2022 #18
Maybe... jcmaine72 Jan 2022 #24
Have to agree about the music, Mr.Bill Jan 2022 #26
You may have a point.... paleotn Jan 2022 #34
So was shooting college students and running tanks in the street :/ YP_Yooper Jan 2022 #57
The shrew that killed Democracy. LW1977 Jan 2022 #19
Nailed it. dixiechiken1 Jan 2022 #20
I share your angst. Lonestarblue Jan 2022 #22
deep breath RussBLib Jan 2022 #23
Thank you. 58Sunliner Jan 2022 #29
Well said. Thank you. paleotn Jan 2022 #35
Exactly!!! XacerbatedDem Jan 2022 #66
And the MSM has not been doing its job Moebym Jan 2022 #25
for the first time Timewas Jan 2022 #27
if you were ever was in combat with this kind of attitude, ya' come home in a body bag ! monkeyman1 Jan 2022 #28
Yep. 58Sunliner Jan 2022 #31
One can be disillusioned and still want to fight. madaboutharry Jan 2022 #36
Gonna have to get mad and get busy. That is what I'm going to do. 58Sunliner Jan 2022 #30
I am with you Picaro Jan 2022 #33
"My fellow citizens know little or nothing about how our government is supposed to work." pazzyanne Jan 2022 #58
I am disheartened right now. Mickju Jan 2022 #37
Just when I think it can't get worse, Miguelito Loveless Jan 2022 #38
Then it is time..... secularhumanizer Jan 2022 #39
I feel it. On the good side... Baked Potato Jan 2022 #41
Lets look to John Stuart Mill plimsoll Jan 2022 #42
Maybe we're just becoming disabused of our illusions gulliver Jan 2022 #43
I agree even if Trump is charged they will just move on to another demon Tribetime Jan 2022 #44
I am so with you mrsadm Jan 2022 #45
I feel your pain. Richard58 Jan 2022 #46
I feel the same way. lucca18 Jan 2022 #47
On the plus side, Glenn Beck has Covid again. progressoid Jan 2022 #48
Thanks for sharing this with us. pazzyanne Jan 2022 #59
Coal & Curtsy have done their damage... LowerManhattanite Jan 2022 #49
Yes. We need to start making our case in much plainer, starker phrases repeated in all interviews. JudyM Jan 2022 #52
Ys we ARE making Our Case but the 1% controlled M$M is not giving us air time. Tommymac Jan 2022 #60
All the more reason for us to tighten our messaging. JudyM Jan 2022 #73
It feels like that wendyb-NC Jan 2022 #53
I get that way some days too... llmart Jan 2022 #54
We must be resolute in unifying and increasing Dem party membership, Roisin Ni Fiachra Jan 2022 #55
I often feel that way these days. Then I remember that that is how the Republicans WANT us to feel. LaMouffette Jan 2022 #61
"Never despair... Wednesdays Jan 2022 #67
I am so sad and angry about this nonsensical mess caused by freaking idiots hurting themselves. lark Jan 2022 #68
Everything is ..NOT CORRUPTED. JOE BIDEN IS NOT CORRUPTED. Stuart G Jan 2022 #69
StuartG, It is a figure of speech. madaboutharry Jan 2022 #75
Well, as an erstwhile Democrat, Kyrsten Sinema is not doing the party, PatrickforB Jan 2022 #70
I am way more optimistic. I am old so I have seen leftyladyfrommo Jan 2022 #71
Agree 100% BlueJac Jan 2022 #72
Well... Mike Nelson Jan 2022 #74
Thank you. madaboutharry Jan 2022 #76
This is beautiful. cilla4progress Jan 2022 #88
Not sure... Mike Nelson Jan 2022 #91
Zinn wrote it - cilla4progress Jan 2022 #92
Perfect post! ElementaryPenguin Jan 2022 #78
Um, they won't have you. cilla4progress Jan 2022 #89
Steps are being taken. malthaussen Jan 2022 #79
Silly Sinema rumleyfips Jan 2022 #80
Well, all we can do is clean ourselves up and do what we should in future. Hortensis Jan 2022 #81
Welcome to Kali Yuga vlyons Jan 2022 #82
Yep. PatrickforB Jan 2022 #83
We should be leading the fight on climate change, not fighting fascism within our own country. CrispyQ Jan 2022 #84
I have thought this exact thing for several years, Crispy! cilla4progress Jan 2022 #90
true... myohmy2 Jan 2022 #85
Then there is McCarthy's plans DownriverDem Jan 2022 #86
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