IMHO, the problem for progressives is that as agents of change we are bound to be pessimistic in the short-term. Most of our goals are not attainable within our lifetime. The only hope of optimism is that our pessimism does not render us incapable of working towards those goals.
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Date: 2006-02-24 05:58 pm (UTC)Progressivism and Pessimism
Date: 2006-02-24 06:35 pm (UTC)IMHO, the problem for progressives is that as agents of change we are bound to be pessimistic in the short-term. Most of our goals are not attainable within our lifetime. The only hope of optimism is that our pessimism does not render us incapable of working towards those goals.
--ravi