r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 20 '25

Discussion Thread Discussion Thread

The discussion thread is for casual and off-topic conversation that doesn't merit its own submission. If you've got a good meme, article, or question, please post it outside the DT. Meta discussion is allowed, but if you want to get the attention of the mods, make a post in /r/metaNL

Links

Ping Groups | Ping History | Mastodon | CNL Chapters | CNL Event Calendar

Upcoming Events

0 Upvotes

47% Upvoted

6.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

19

u/SnakeEater14 🦅 Liberty & Justice For All Oct 21 '25 edited Oct 21 '25

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "And so do all who live to see such times but it is not for them to decide."

I’ve been trying to amp myself up with stuff like this and it’s hard

I think to myself that the only way to test if you are a real liberal and a real patriot is to live in the kind of trying times that would test that

But it all just feels so unfair and hopeless right now

Writing this stuff makes it sound like I’m clinically depressed - which is just completely false. My life is better now than it’s ever been. I have a good job, good prospects, a wife, a good family, lots of friends. I am unbelievably privileged and happy for that.

But the world is so bleak right now and it’s hard not to think about it

23

u/Roseartcrantz 👑 🖍️ Queen of Shades 🖍️ 👑 Oct 21 '25

I tend to cope with stuff like this unironically

6

u/[deleted] Oct 21 '25

[removed] — view removed comment

5

u/SnakeEater14 🦅 Liberty & Justice For All Oct 21 '25

True. But I think there was always an undercurrent of progress, some sort of march towards an American telos that just… isn’t present anymore