Reminder: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
This is, imho, the biggest single reason why conservatives are still politically relevant: they are in a constant state of rage, and rage motivates. We liberals tend to be in a constant state of despondency. If we got as mad as they are, we'd be as active as they are. And we would win pretty much every battle with them.
Do not fall into this trap, there is place for rage when facing evil and those responsible for unjustice -- else you will just render yourself useless and politically irrelevant -- but you also need positivity and to be giving hope.
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Robert Reich
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