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TheHamsterSandwich t1_ixfc67h wrote

Reply to comment by Vehks in Are there others who lurk on both r/solarpunk and r/collapse? How do you handle the contrast? by gangstasadvocate

I never said this sub isn't an echo chamber. I said that r/collapse is an echo chamber for depression.

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Vehks t1_ixfezpz wrote

My point was that is not a totally fair assessment.

Yes, there are the terminally depressed who frequent that site, but there are also people who post relevant and factual information as well as offer well thought out analysis to current events. To simply write everyone on that sub off as "doomers" would be the same as writing everyone off on this sub as "hopium addicts".

Do you get where I'm coming from? Painting with broad brushes like this really doesn't do most communities justice and to be fair our current situation is very much in a precarious state.

It could go either way, maybe technology will usher in a new age of prosperity, or humanity can drop the ball entirely and screw everything up. Nothing is set in stone at this point.

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