REMINDER: Saying things like "We're so cooked" is unhelpful, untrue and self-defeating

I've been noticing a lot of people lately whether it be here or some other forum saying shit like "oh we're so cooked" or things similar to that effect and its catching on. Some may be facetious when saying that, but many are not. Full on doom mode from many folks. I can understand the impulse and reasoning for saying that as I've been there before myself, shit is pretty dire and serious (ie the climate, Trump etc.), but that doesn't mean that it's the end of the world either if you really think about it. This needs to stop ASAP if we ever want to have reasons for optimism and/or work towards a better future. This nation and this world have been through objectively worse things than a Trump presidency so far.

The US went through a civil war, Gilded Age wealth inequality, a great depression and both world wars and rose up to be the most powerful nation this world has ever seen. The world at large has gone through things like The Black Plague, both world wars, the holocaust and various other genocides, dictatorships, COVID etc. Guess what? We overcome all of that. History and progress are not linear. There will be rough times, but there will also be prosperous times. It may be hard to see that shit isn't completely cooked now as we are currently going to go through tough times and its harder to be more objective in that moment, but it will make sense in due time.

Does this mean that we bury our heads in the sand and pretend that all is well? Absolutely not. I'm not recommending that and nobody with a functioning brain is saying that either. But to say "we're so cooked" demonstrates a lack of knowledge of historical events, context, nuance and/or life experience (most of the people saying this are relatively young) and the like and it also cedes ground to those who are making the world a shittier place for all of us. It kills any and all momentum and makes an already serious situation worse. Please stop fucking do that. Throwing your hands up and saying "well this is cooked" is basically surrendering and making oneself complicit to the damage unwittingly. It's self-defeating. Don't be a passive observer, don't whine and surrender easily even if it feels easy to do so. All of that is vastly unhelpful and undercuts the very fabric of progress, optimism and efforts to make the world a better place. We can do this!