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When you lose faith in historical progress

I spent my twenties believing we were moving toward justice and equality and now at forty-two I watch the same patterns repeat and I feel naive for ever thinking change was possible.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The collapse of progressive narratives can create despair that obscures the cyclical nature of social change and personal agency within it.

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