I think you missed my point.
Also idk how serious you’re being.
It’s about expectation management. If you’re taught to expect that you can turn struggle into strength and obstacles into opportunity, then when you’re unable to then you’ll feel like something is wrong with you, and when society expects it of others then it becomes a moral failing.
But the times where it’s feasible to transform those negatives into positives are rare and fleeting, so we’re setting ourselves and others up for failure with messages like this.
And equally important, this effectively absolves responsibility from those with the power to help.
So I don’t believe it’s healthy to take that “positive” perspective, because I don’t really believe it’s positive, any more than the belief you can fly is.
This is why we help each other to our goals, and work together, and build our own ideals, rather than what they want for us.
You and I are talking about the same thing. I’m not trying for toxic positivity or casually rejecting the plight of many. We just have to not give into a form of nihilism which will paralyze even the best of us. Then they win.
Lol I’m not sure which of the perspectives that’d fall under, but I’m not sure that’s a great long term strategy either in the current job market.
Reality and ideality (is that a word?) are unfortunately pretty divergent
Reality is the hand we are dealt. The ideal is what we want for ourselves and what we aim towards.
Reality has always been hard, don’t expect it to be otherwise. Rather, move towards your own ideal.
I think you missed my point.
Also idk how serious you’re being.
It’s about expectation management. If you’re taught to expect that you can turn struggle into strength and obstacles into opportunity, then when you’re unable to then you’ll feel like something is wrong with you, and when society expects it of others then it becomes a moral failing.
But the times where it’s feasible to transform those negatives into positives are rare and fleeting, so we’re setting ourselves and others up for failure with messages like this.
And equally important, this effectively absolves responsibility from those with the power to help.
So I don’t believe it’s healthy to take that “positive” perspective, because I don’t really believe it’s positive, any more than the belief you can fly is.
This is why we help each other to our goals, and work together, and build our own ideals, rather than what they want for us.
You and I are talking about the same thing. I’m not trying for toxic positivity or casually rejecting the plight of many. We just have to not give into a form of nihilism which will paralyze even the best of us. Then they win.