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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If someone has something to live for, they can overcome any obstacle. Just said a different way.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah... I don't get why it's being downvoted - people are averse to overcoming adversity?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not really any way to overcome the adversity of the 10 generations that came before you polluting the world to the point of civilizational collapse. Nice quote though.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where there is life, where there is Will, there is hope. We should already be extinct twice by now. And by all probability in the known Universe we should never have existed at all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yes they are! Many people’s identity is wrapped up in the idea of saving people who can’t save themselves. If you go around suggesting people have some power to save themselves, these people need to find a new identity.