Whether the world is ending or just beginning and conditions are terrible, the imperative is the same: improve conditions and alleviate suffering. We probably won't see a revolution in our lifetimes and maybe the revolution will come too late, but we still ought to take the steps we can to take care of each other and develop our ability to do so in the meantime.
Is being in an alienated, atomized community better when confronting fascism and crisis than being in one with strong community ties? Is holding onto the will to help others worse than wallowing until it's your turn to die?
Even if you believe the end is certain - and for everyone and everything it is, eventually - it is better to work with the time you have to make things better while you can.
P.S. What are you afraid of? Be honest with yourself.
Damn this sounds so stupid but your comment might actually have been the one to snap me out of my doomerism. I don't know how I couldn't bring myself to see things from this perspective before, but you're right. Our lives, and human life on earth, will end, maybe soon, maybe later, but the only thing that could possibly be worth fighting for is to make conditions better for the people living here until that happens. It doesn't matter how many times the left has lost or will lose, all that matters is what we have won and will win, however small or large. Thank you.
Whether the world is ending or just beginning and conditions are terrible, the imperative is the same: improve conditions and alleviate suffering. We probably won't see a revolution in our lifetimes and maybe the revolution will come too late, but we still ought to take the steps we can to take care of each other and develop our ability to do so in the meantime.
Is being in an alienated, atomized community better when confronting fascism and crisis than being in one with strong community ties? Is holding onto the will to help others worse than wallowing until it's your turn to die?
Even if you believe the end is certain - and for everyone and everything it is, eventually - it is better to work with the time you have to make things better while you can.
P.S. What are you afraid of? Be honest with yourself.
Damn this sounds so stupid but your comment might actually have been the one to snap me out of my doomerism. I don't know how I couldn't bring myself to see things from this perspective before, but you're right. Our lives, and human life on earth, will end, maybe soon, maybe later, but the only thing that could possibly be worth fighting for is to make conditions better for the people living here until that happens. It doesn't matter how many times the left has lost or will lose, all that matters is what we have won and will win, however small or large. Thank you.