The World We Forgot Was Possible

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  @functionalmelancholic · 10 days ago · pinned

  Further Reading...<br><br>Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism<br>Why it can become difficult to imagine alternatives to the systems we already live under.<br><br>Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark<br>A thoughtful look at hope, uncertainty, and the possibility of change without pretending everything will work out.<br><br>Rutger Bregman, Humankind: A Hopeful History<br>A challenge to some of our more pessimistic assumptions about human nature.<br><br>Hans Rosling, Factfulness<br>Why our perception of the world can skew toward the negative, even when some things are measurably improving.<br><br>David Graeber and David Wengrow, The Dawn of Everything<br>A broader look at how varied human societies have been, and why our current arrangements aren&apos;t necessarily inevitable.<br><br>Join me on Patreon for ad free videos, and other various creative work. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/thefunctionalmelancholic">https://www.patreon.com/cw/thefunctionalmelancholic</a> <br><br>Equipment: Hardware: iphone 14. Rode Videomic NTG. Software: imovie. Garageband <br><br>———————————— <br><br>Please note: This channel explores philosophical themes and is for educational purposes. It is not a substitute for professional mental health advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This is the only official Functional Melancholic YouTube Channel. This is not an AI channel. I am a real person. No green screens are used.

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  @harrisc8101 · 10 days ago

  &quot;When did believing in a better future become more ridiculous than believing in the end of the world?&quot; <br>Fabulous question!

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  @Nancy-ul7mz · 10 days ago

  I’ve started doing the simple things that made me happy back in the 1980’s: &nbsp;going to local independent bookstores - especially the ones with used books where you can just browse and happen upon a treasure, going to local independent coffeeshops to read said books, going to farmers markets to buy from local farms, listening to my music on a stereo instead of streaming, baking, buying bread from a local independent bakery, going for long walks or a bike ride in the neighborhood without earbuds, going to the couple of independent local movie theaters, etc. &nbsp; These things soothe my soul.

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  @leutiagrey8030 · 10 days ago

  Beautiful trees. Nice hat. Great talk.❤

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  @stuffedsheepshead · 10 days ago

  As long as billionaires exist, we will never get to enjoy this very modest utopia.

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  @hamletrfc · 9 days ago

  How ironic that we now have to prove to robots that we are human. The ultimate irony. We truly get the world we deserve.

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  @debral9651 · 10 days ago (edited)

  A melancholic being optimistic 😊 what an insightful video

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  @HalseyII · 10 days ago

  We live in a system that expects us to function to meet a monitary level even when sick, old or otherwise.

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  @lesliesimons6502 · 9 days ago

  &quot;There&apos;s a plague of denial&quot;. What&apos;s been foisted on us is accepted as the new &quot;normal&quot; by far too many.

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  @Pimp-Master · 10 days ago

  Wow, another excellent video there. I&apos;ve been to college, and I can tell you that this lecture / talk is far better than anything I ever experienced at the lies of Higher Learning.

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  @heatherhellickson9166 · 10 days ago

  Words matter.<br>History matters.<br>Grief is hard, Hope is heartbreaking.<br>Thoughts are things~they have the power to change one’s existence.<br>There are more of us than them. It’s always been class &amp; spiritual warfare.<br>If they can convince you are worthless &amp; downtrodden by your own actions they win.<br>Fuck that &amp; fuck them.<br>Rise up.<br>Humans are flawed but my God &nbsp;are they amazing.

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  @adamantiumbullet9215 · 9 days ago

  The world would change overnight if people consciously stopped supporting the system in the areas causing the most damage. But, the people that complain the loudest are usually the worst offenders at catapulting the dysfunction forward. For example, the people that complain about our surveillance state and loss of privacy are also the same people that have their smart phone glued to their hand 24/7 and cannot go 10 seconds without checking it. The people who complain about $100,000 pickups just bought one. The people who complain about how absurd $4,000 concert tickets are just got home from that concert.<br><br>STOP FEEDING THE MONSTER AND THE CHANGES WILL COME SWIFTLY. Most people still haven&apos;t figured this out.

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