Optimism

I watched a talk recently given by David Brooks. Our politics don't exactly align but his humanist approach very much appeals to me. He has moved more to the center with age. 

The talk was about how to fix his broken country and he went through a decade by decade analysis of how the world came to be in an era of despair and negativity. 

The term he used most often was humiliation. People feel humiliated he said. 

When people feel lost they lose hope. They don't feel that their leaders care about them and the desperation turns to depression and anger. 

This is exactly how Trumpism was able to take hold. 

Brooks is optimistic we can get our humanity back and I agree with him. However it will take time.