Doomism, as the climate scientist @MichaelEMann has described, has replaced denialism as a root of our inaction. It creates a kind of inertia, a helplessness, and alongside it what Mann calls “inactivism”. https://t.co/QRb6da0KZr
— Henrik Sotnedal (@Sotnedal) August 23, 2021
We can still get things done
I think most of us have “learned helplessness” from years of feeling that no matter what we do the right wins. The mainstream media’s constant trashing of Dems is also a bit part of the problem.