Do you still have faith in humanity?
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Faith is irrational confidence based upon inappropriate evidence. I deal in trust, and it’s mostly gone. The minimal pockets of rationality and common decency are shrinking and we’re headed to a right wing hate-based dystopia from which I don’t see a way to escape
What do you mean ‘still’?
Yes. And always will.
I don’t think I ever had
“Still?”
Never did. Still don’t.
Yes, just not the ones in charge.
Although, you shouldn’t have faith in those in charge even on a good day - especially if you can even slightly influence who gets to be in charge (by voting, for example - if you have a right to vote, you have a responsibility to vote well).
I have faith in people, but not in humanity as a whole. Our governments are run by some of the most disgusting people imaginable, politicians, who are controlled by even worse people, the rich.
Never had. How can you have faith in a species which puts most effort towards advancing weapons to destroy as much as possible of it’s own species.
idk…
just an example: I never really had any of my peers stand up for me when I get bullied in school… I doubt that in the adult world, others are gonna step in since its even more dangerous than k-12 so people are just gonna be bystanders while I get beaten in broad daylight (hypothetical, haven’t actually been assulted as an adult yet)…
maybe if people stood up to bullies more, I’d have more faith, but as of now, I feel so alone… even family feels very cold to me… but I feel even more scared to leave and be alone out in the world… like a “the enemy you know” type of thing…
like its a “kill or be killed” type of world
-Philly, PA, USA
People from other places might feel differently
I resent how this question implies I ever had faith in humanity.
Why would I put my faith in humanity, the most violent and destructive creature in the animal kingdom? There is an ideal beyond the survival animal we are, an imagination of how much better we could be. That’s what I put my faith in. That’s the kind of world I want to work toward.
That sounds like having faith in humanity with extra steps. I’m also gonna push back on that “most violent and destructive” part. We’re capable of more destruction than any other species, but we are also the only species capable of showing restraint. We’ve gone 80 years without using a nuclear bomb in war. Your cat would launch a nuke to kill a mouse.
Absolutely! Turmoil comes in waves, and after each major challenge, we come out a little better than we were.
We’ve survived worse than this and eventually the world will look back at what was happening now and think, “Sure am glad we aren’t like THAT anymore!”
Hope is a valuable thing, and the feeling of having none isn’t something I would wish on anyone. Hold onto your hope tightly.
Weird. You saying that made me think.
It doesn’t feel like hope. It feels like cold inevitability or statistical probability. Like, some days you hit all green lights, other days they’re all red, but at the end of the day, you still did the same shit you do every day.
Everything changes, but somehow it’s all the same.
Last year I was feeling really down on people and how the world was going. I signed up for a volunteer gig to get outside and be a little productive.
I mainly expected the work to be satisfying, which it was, but my biggest surprise was how great being around like-minded people that also wanted to make our community better felt.
It feels more like hanging out with friends, even though we’re busy as hell, and not like a job because we’re all there by choice, and we get to see on a daily basis how our efforts are helping. It may only be a drop in the bucket, but it’s not as though we’re the only group working for our cause.
It’s one of the most satisfying choices I’ve ever made in my life, and if you can find time (my commitment is 4 hours a week for half the year) it may improve your outlook on things if you’re feeling like everything around you is bad.
well, I generally think most people are better than me, and I’m still here.
For sure. The people I meet are kind, caring, and responsible. Every time I start to get depressed about humanity, I turn off the internet and go hang with real people.
