Learned helplessness is a trap #psychology #mindset

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]Zu left says, "Sorry for the depressing question, but do you feel like the world is so fucked that unfucking it would require so much bloodshed it just brings us all down with it. Is it even possible anymore?" Yeah, I know I never take that position. I think that I understand, I empathize with you feeling that way.

[00:00:16]Like I get it. That That makes That makes sense given our conditions. We're in some really dark conditions, y'all.

[00:00:22]I'm not trying to downplay it at all.

[00:00:23]But I just want to be clear that the belief that nothing can be done leads to nothing being done. The belief that we're so fucked that there's no coming back from it makes certain that we will never come back from it. It is necessary that we conceptualize what success would look alike if we are going to succeed.