Survival is a revolutionary act, hang in there folks

  • DasKarlBarx [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Fuck that's bleak. I've been there. Any Zoomers that are part of that know I love you and I've been in your shoes (figuratively, not literally. That'd be creepy). I was real suicidal from about 16-25. It gets better.

    • Sushi_Desires
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      4 years ago

      I was RIGHT THERE until Chris Hedges saved my life. I watched him read American Anomie [written] and in that moment understood that society failed ME, not the other way around, and that I needed to study politics if I ever wanted to understand the world around me

    • SimAnt [any]
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      4 years ago

      not to be a doomer but I'm still waiting for it to get better at age 38 :/

      I guess one aspect that has gotten better is: I've been suicidal so often, for so long, that when that urge washes over me, I can be reasonably sure it will pass.

    • throwawaylemmy [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      I don't think it's 16-25 itself (I know OP's article is focusing on that, just saying). Even the generation above is pretty suicidal, but probably less so now a days with kids/family. When your "American Dream" is bleak, it's hard to look forward to anything.

      • DasKarlBarx [he/him,comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        Is America going to get better? Probably not until a collapse.

        Can someone get better on an individual/community level? Absolutely.

        If it hasn't passed for you yet just know it can.

        • Sarcasm24 [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          if the world around you doesn't get better, you can't get actually better. you can only develop and refine your ability to ignore the world around you.

          • DasKarlBarx [he/him,comrade/them]
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            4 years ago

            That's not true at all. Clinging on to everything bad happening in the world is only a win for reactionaries because it promotes doomerism.

            You can understand that there's a lot going on in the world, compartmentalize and accept that there is nothing you can do in regards to a lot of it, and work towards building a better and more just society within your perview.

            Were only all one person. You can't take the fate of the entire world onto your shoulders.