I Am a Staunch and Unchangeable Optimist.

[usonian]

28. Both optimism and negativism are contagious ...

My feeling is that they are self-fulfilling (as well!)

At this stage of my life (I forgot the previous ones), I feel this way:

• Ignore the doomsayers. They are projecting taught inability.
• Don't try to change things upon which I have no control, or even influence in a finite amount of time.
• Do what's doable. Encourage others. Give them clear and concise facts they can share and use to focus their energies.
• Talk people off the ledge of "I am stamped from the beginning"

Methodology:
• Learn real basic psychology. People "project" either their taught inability or their inherent possibility.
• People who are brainwashed, addicted, cult members and so forth, all exhibit self-defeating traits (*)
• People do this because they believe stories fed them by "controllers"
• People generally don't think things through and suffer unintended consequences.
• Use these to help people who want to move forward.

My main goal here is to provide roadmaps for positive action, because only positive action helps oneself and others.
GOTV links:
https://democraticunderground.com/100216380145
Ukraine Humanitarian Relief
https://democraticunderground.com/100216497648

I will be expanding on "Every accusation is a confession".
This may help counter the bullshit, or at least explain it in 5 words.

(*) in short, projection, denial, self-centeredness, dualism, (this versus that, me versus you) demanding perfection (from others), judgmentalism, crisis-orientation, external referencing, forgetfulness (so we don't learn from the past), and so on. SOUND FAMILIAR?
See "When Society Becomes an Addict" by Anne Wilson Scheaf.