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Originally Posted by Sam2
Alot of what you have noticed in the world in general is true. We have become a very self serving, uninvolved species. However, people who are three generations in front of you, said the same thing about the direction the world went between their childhood and the ways things were when they were older.
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I've heard this before. My thoughts are, maybe there was some validity to their claims then, likely more so each time the claim was made. It seems much like the "one more wouldn't hurt" school of thought, while you never know when you've reached the straw is that breaks the camel's back, or when we've gone too far.
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Depression is a strange thing. When you don't feel good emotionally, things that ordinarily wouldn't bother you, or things you wouldn't dwell on, do bother you. When you already feel dark inside, everything outside seems dark as well. If what was bothering you was merely the state of the world today, you could pick up a cause that you cared about and work on making it better. Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to minimize what you are feeling. Rather I'm trying to show you the difference between feeling bad about something that is happening and projecting your pain onto something that you see wrong, but is not the primary cause of your pain.
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My pessimism tells me that I can't make a difference. There are groups out there fighting for betterment in all walks of life, and sadly despite all of their efforts, they change they bring about is so minimal.
I have on many occasions, stood up against things that I thought were wrong. Majority of the time I just get told off, because I'm infringing on personal freedoms of others in the process... Truth of the matter seems to be that you can't change people. If you can't change minds, then how can you bring about change? You can't, you've lost.
That is where my discouragement comes from. Realizing how hard it is to really get through to one person, let along bring about a widespread change.