Do you still have faith in humanity?

  • MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    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).

  • itkovian@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    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.

  • Fedditor385@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    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

  • daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 days ago

    Nope. Not even in living beings at this points.

    I know understand Dr. Manhattan saying that a inert rock in Mars is more interesting than a chain of self replicating amino acids which just want to replicate themselves.