Life in the Time of Coronavirus #7: Sick of This "Foward Progression of Time" Nonsense

As the title suggests.

Politics, Optimism, and Cynicism (Brief Thoughts)

I've got a small theory on politics to present to you. It's to do with the relationship between various ideologies and their degrees of optimism and cynicism.

Traveling from right to left: fascism is pure cynicism, undiluted and untempered by optimism. Conservatism is cynicism disguised as optimism. Liberalism is optimism without cynicism, or without enough cynicism. Leftism is both cynicism and optimism: that society is deeply, deeply messed up at the most fundamental level, and, despite that, despite centuries of history, a better, fairer, just world is still possible.