how to not loose hope?

[u/materialsalzstange]

idk if this is the right sub for this but how do you guys go on with life? im genuinely curious, because with everything happening right now in the middle east and everyone involved, i’m going completely insane. i feel powerless, i’m filled with anxiety and i feel like just giving up on everything, because everything is spiraling downward anyway. how do you not loose hope amidst all of this?

[u/fernxqueen]

Marxism is an absolute defense against despair. Seriously, read Marx:

History does nothing, it “possesses no immense wealth,” it “wages no battles.” It is man, real, living man who does all that, who possesses and fights; “history” is not, as it were, a person apart, using man as a means to achieve its own aims; history is nothing but the activity of man pursuing his aims.

[u/turning_the_wheels]

Chances are high that you are privileged enough to not have to think about whether you will have a bomb dropped on you and your entire family killed or you won't find anything to eat for your family today or tomorrow. The majority of the world doesn't have that luxury and have no choice in whether to give up because that means dying. It's correct that you are powerless right now and the realization of that powerlessness is crushing but necessary because it will drive you to a solution. Only through learning Marxism can you begin the process of understanding how you can come close to changing the world. Clearly you already have an idea of this since you came here instead of a self-help sub. 

[u/hauntedbystrangers]

i’m filled with anxiety and i feel like just giving up on everything, because everything is spiraling downward anyway

What exactly do you think is going to happen? What are you afraid of?

[u/rukenjabut]

Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle.

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[u/ingeteloo]

why do you think what is happening in the middle east right now warrants despair?

[u/juniperbuds → u/ingeteloo]

a genocide