# Have you given up hope for the future?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 22, 2025, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-given-up-hope-for-the-future/1013246 "2025-01-22T06:57:24Z")\
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Hmm, I thought I made a new “linked topic”, but I must’ve screwed up. Posting that new topic manually in case anyone’s interested:

> [@What in America are you (still) grateful for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-america-are-you-still-grateful-for/1013467):
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> Inspired by, but also hoping to be a counterpoint to, [Have you given up hope for the future?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-given-up-hope-for-the-future/1013246): Between the economy, politics, wildfires, climate, bird flu, and all the other untold horrors of modern life, there’s no shortage of despair in this country. But what about the bright side? What are you grateful for that still makes you glad to be here? I’ll start… We have some fabulous National Parks. They’re quite crowded and under-resourced and over-loved these days, but we’re lucky have to ha…

(mods, if there is a way to fix that link so it works as it’s supposed to, please let me know. sorry about that)

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