I notice vast numbers of people on the Dissident Right are black-pilled (pessimistic about the future). This despair seems to be the dominant emotion among the comments I read on Unz.com and on Twitter.
Why? I don’t think this despair reflects reality. I think people see the world as they are more than as it is. Dissidents tend to be anti-social and being anti-social takes a toll on your emotional equilibrium and usually results in depression.
Why be optimistic right now? If you are religious, you should be optimistic because you believe that God controls the world. If you are not religious, you should be optimistic because you know that you can’t predict the future, and that you can’t even fully grasp the present, so why not choose life? There are way too many variables in the world. There’s too much going on in America right now for anyone to have a handle on the news. No one man can know everything. We all have blind spots. We all talk to only a tiny number of people. We all have limited expertise. Therefore, humility and wonder should be the order of the day.
People on the Right right now who are filled with despair are spending way too much time on social media and following the news. This is not productive and it is not conducive to happiness because we can’t control the media and we can’t control the news. Our time is better spent on things we can control, such as our own values and dreams. There may be addictions playing a role in this despair. As HerbK writes, “My mind is powerless to perceive the truth about alcohol — my mind is fundamentally flawed, defective. I experienced ‘no choice’ at a previously unknown core level. I had experienced that ‘strange mental blank spot.’ I needed to fully concede to my innermost self that I had a mental obsession over which I was powerless — even to see the truth when presented.”
Which country do you think is on a better trajectory right now than America? As each year goes by, the United States is on a trajectory to increase its relative power compared to its competitors. Most Chinese, for example, don’t even graduate from high school. Chinese workers are half as productive as Turkish workers. The U.S. economy is the most dynamic and competitive in the world. Americans work harder than any other people. The future is being created now in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. No other city comes close to our influence.
