Basically, what it comes down to is: In my heart of hearts, I just don't believe that a revolution will happen in my lifetime, even if I live to be an old-ass man.

So if I were to just go all-in on hoping for revolution as opposed to anything electoralism-related, in my brain, I'd pretty much be admitting to myself that I personally won't live to see anything get really significantly better, that when I die everything's still gonna suck or be even worse than when I was born.

And I guess I just can't bear to admit that to myself.

  • PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them]
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    4 years ago

    I think it's mostly bullshit, but there is something to say about the period of 70-90 years being about the time it takes for former crises to drift completely out of living memory.

    • ComradeBeana [comrade/them,she/her]
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      4 years ago

      I mean that the average life span, so it would make sense that the generation who experienced the crises dying would lead to the memory of the crises fading