Tuesday’s election results demolished the conventional wisdom that Democrats need to run cautious, corporate-friendly centrists to win in purple and red states.
I don’t think they misinterpreted you at all then. They were saying that if they can enact meaningful change, your cynical worldview may become more hopeful in light of real progress.
Nothing about the mind is truly immutable, though that change isn’t certain either. You may or may not become hopeful once again; or, most likely, a realist of some sort rather than a cynic. That is why we simply hope that it can happen for you.
Your reply reads like a Democrat wanting the benefits of liberal policies for everyone including cons while I’m not a conservative.
My comment is about expecting things to change very little and all this hope is superficial based on history.
I don’t think they misinterpreted you at all then. They were saying that if they can enact meaningful change, your cynical worldview may become more hopeful in light of real progress.
Cynicism isn’t so easily changed.
We’re coming for you, brother. We’re gonna open all the windows and let all the roaches out.
What? I keep a clean apartment.
Years of therapy says otherwise.
Nothing about the mind is truly immutable, though that change isn’t certain either. You may or may not become hopeful once again; or, most likely, a realist of some sort rather than a cynic. That is why we simply hope that it can happen for you.
ECT or psilocybin are my last choices.