Post AoS3iJTdbQss5pmxQu by photoncollector@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AoO81zpAiFxqqBAP9E by Daojoan@mastodon.social
2024-11-24T23:09:04Z
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Why we need F**k You Optimism. 🧵The world is on fire – sometimes literally, sometimes metaphorically. Every day we wake up to headlines that feel like dystopian plot points: climate collapse, political rot, algorithmic overlords harvesting our attention for profit.
(DIR) Post #AoO820y4Seg2O4L1eq by Daojoan@mastodon.social
2024-11-24T23:09:04Z
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Beneath it all is a threadbare undercurrent of hopelessness, whispered through every doom-scroll, every “thoughts and prayers,” every vague assurance that “we’ll get through it together.” But the truth is, we’re not getting through it. Not like this.
(DIR) Post #AoO821c83iigOJ5160 by Daojoan@mastodon.social
2024-11-24T23:09:05Z
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The systems propping up our collective reality are broken, corrupt, and incapable of saving us. So what now? Well, now we stop pretending that the kind of optimism we’ve been sold – cheery, blind faith in progress – is going to cut it.
(DIR) Post #AoO822Elk3d0K99sK8 by Daojoan@mastodon.social
2024-11-24T23:09:05Z
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What we need is a radical, rebellious, fuck you optimism. The kind that spits in the face of despair and keeps moving forward anyway, middle finger raised and teeth bared.
(DIR) Post #AoO822Pl5CQ0sEIeS8 by Daojoan@mastodon.social
2024-11-24T23:09:06Z
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This isn’t the optimism of motivational posters or shallow self-help mantras. It’s not about good vibes or manifesting your dream house. It’s an optimism born from rage and defiance, from an unrelenting refusal to roll over and accept the inevitable.
(DIR) Post #AoO822zYw53gfH3FGC by Daojoan@mastodon.social
2024-11-24T23:09:06Z
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It’s the kind of optimism that comes with dirty hands and bruised knuckles, that drags itself out of the mud again and again because surrender isn’t an option. This is hope with teeth.
(DIR) Post #AoO823WAyp98IQJI5w by Daojoan@mastodon.social
2024-11-24T23:09:06Z
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It’s not about trusting that things will get better; it’s about refusing to let the bastards win, even if things get worse. It’s a kind of hope that doesn’t wait for permission or assurance.
(DIR) Post #AoO8242n1ZEZvZZKvg by Daojoan@mastodon.social
2024-11-24T23:09:07Z
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It acts, it disrupts, it fights tooth and nail to carve out a sliver of something better, even if it’s only for a moment.
(DIR) Post #AoO824hYZzqNy0dtTM by Daojoan@mastodon.social
2024-11-24T23:09:07Z
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A fuck you optimism doesn’t lie to itself. It sees the train wreck coming and still decides to plant flowers on the tracks. It knows full well that the flowers might get crushed, but plants them anyway, because the act of rebellion is its own reward.
(DIR) Post #AoO825COjKVvVf4WXo by Daojoan@mastodon.social
2024-11-24T23:09:07Z
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This isn’t about optimism as a coping mechanism or a moral virtue. It’s a survival tactic. When despair and nihilism seem like the only logical responses to an unraveling world, this kind of hope keeps us alive, keeps us sharp, keeps us dangerous.
(DIR) Post #AoO825j0m4bN8oKZNY by Daojoan@mastodon.social
2024-11-24T23:09:07Z
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It says, “Yes, everything is broken, but I’m going to fight for beauty and joy and justice anyway, because fuck your inevitability.”
(DIR) Post #AoO827DXE4bzllcSau by Daojoan@mastodon.social
2024-11-24T23:09:08Z
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We need this kind of radical hope now more than ever. Not because it will save us – no one is coming to save us – but because the alternative is paralysis. The systems want us to feel small, powerless, apathetic.
(DIR) Post #AoO829eCBv7tJ26mQa by Daojoan@mastodon.social
2024-11-24T23:09:08Z
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They want us to give up, to believe there’s no point in fighting back. A fuck you optimism is an act of sabotage against that narrative. It’s not about believing the world can be fixed; it’s about insisting that the world deserves to be fought for anyway. Even when it hurts.
(DIR) Post #AoO82Bx3clP0S6ws6a by Daojoan@mastodon.social
2024-11-24T23:09:08Z
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Even when it feels futile. Especially then. Because in a collapsing world, defiant hope might be the only thing worth holding on to.
(DIR) Post #AoS2TWERnWpXM146GO by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2024-11-27T00:27:16Z
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@Daojoan> What we need is a radical, rebellious, fuck you optimism. The kind that spits in the face of despair and keeps moving forward anyway, middle finger raised and teeth baredOnce again, this seems like a good time to share the lyric of Zack de la Rocha, as performed by Sophia Urista with Brass Against;https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=0JrlKcoD1Qw
(DIR) Post #AoS3iJTdbQss5pmxQu by photoncollector@mastodon.social
2024-11-25T00:38:19Z
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@Daojoan The really scary thing is that no one - absolutely no one - is in control.https://medium.com/@colingajewski/the-vast-conspiracy-2f4e04ee953b
(DIR) Post #AoS3iJyTklYPdUDaVM by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2024-11-27T00:41:12Z
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@photoncollector> The really scary thing is that no one - absolutely no one - is in controlNo, no, that's the good news! Someone in control looks like Bill Bates, or ZuckerBorg, or Melon Husk, or Jess Bozos. It looks like Mitch McVader, Hilarious Clinton, or Netanyahoo, or Orange Stalin.No one in control looks like GNU/Linux, or the fediverse, or Mumurations. When we are told no one is control, as if it's a problem, it's because we are *all* in control. It's the solution.@Daojoan
(DIR) Post #AoS3omo3TCU0nHQQQi by photoncollector@mastodon.social
2024-11-27T00:42:26Z
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@strypey @Daojoan Yeah, you're right.