Pessimism: A Stepping Stone to Optimism

"By resigning myself to residual pessimism about the masses, I am freed up to be an optimist about my life with the people I love. Every hour spent in our garden is not only an hour invested in each other, but an hour in which we've producing something useful that isn't be taxed or otherwise plundered. (I call it my ' Victory Garden ' - it's a victory over The Man, among other things.)." Discussion thread, started by this post from ?Lazarus Long.?