How can we keep a positive outlook for the future?

Is there any positive outlook? Are we all just screwed? No, no, there is a whole positive outlook. Do you know why it costs so much to run for election? It is because each of us have been convinced that our vote doesn't matter. Do— putting some effort into figuring it out doesn't matter because, you know, so therefore, in order for us to even know who's running, they have to spoon-feed, they have to pay for advertising. As sophisticated as your generation is on the internet, less than an hour in any election, you could find out everyone who's running, what they did, what's their background, what they stand. No one has to spend a dollar to get you that information. It's because people have convinced not to spend that power, that they don't do it, and therefore elect people who actually serve them. So the answer is yes, we can reclaim ourselves. We could take back our democracy. We could have the government actually serve the people. In fact, once we remember who we are, that we are individual members of one interdependent human family, once we remember that power, we can then decide. If you start saying, I am capable of actually— I'm not going to listen to that, and I'm going to see what can I find out is actually true— you are empowering