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> I don’t find this to be depressing

We'd have to redefine depressing to exclude that post. Look at all the ways it advocates quitting; it's impressive in a way.

> That is the way the various media outlets portray it. And that is the rhetoric that has taken over politics.

Do you think that makes it true? That seems to support my claim that it's trendy, and people repeating these things because others say it are by definition following a trend.

I've seen many trends come and go, but this one - despair as a trend - is the dumbest.

Also, who is going to get anything done? We aren't children; our parents won't fix things if we don't do it. We'd better get to work, like prior generations who sacrificed and built so much. What will you tell your grandkids - 'well, I just quit; it was the fashionable thing to do.'

Have you considered this trend is encouraged by people who don't want you getting in their way? You are handing all your power to them.



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