Reply #71: Take a time capsule to the sixties or the fifties

[LawnLover]

and you'll find plenty to be alarmed and depressed by.

Again, however, you mistake what I'm saying. I'm not of the opinion that we should PRETEND about anything. Things are bad. No question about it. But they've been MUCH worse and we prevailed. That's all I'm saying.

Yet despite how bad things are, there's no need to assume that our country is doomed. Many greater thinkers than you and I have thought as much many times in the past. But we're still standing.

I have a suggestion for you -- one you'll probably ignore, but I'll make it anyway:

Get away from this stuff for a while. Being surrounded by the constant negativity -- whether it's grounded in reality or not -- is not good for the soul. Take a week off from the news, DU and all the forecasts of doom and gloom. I force myself to do it once in a while because I get incredibly depressed when I'm around it too long. Depression, cynicism and defeatism are viruses that spread quickly and take no prisoners.

Refuse to give into them.