Realism: everything is bad and could get better and maybe even might get better someday but for the foreseeable future, possibly even an entire generation, things will be getting much, MUCH worse.
Trump might kill us, climate change likely will kill at least one of us, and on both fronts, instead of making it better were making it worse
Mind if I go live next to you under that giant stone?
There is pessimism and there is realism
Pessimism - Everything is bad and will continue to be bad
Realism - Everything is bad but we can do better
Realism: everything is bad and could get better and maybe even might get better someday but for the foreseeable future, possibly even an entire generation, things will be getting much, MUCH worse.
Trump might kill us, climate change likely will kill at least one of us, and on both fronts, instead of making it better were making it worse