# I feel...hopeful.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-hopeful/821191>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 11, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-hopeful/821191 "2018-09-11T23:20:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-hopeful/821191/21 "2018-09-16T15:47:59Z")

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I do not feel hopeful either. I feel deeply depressed and worried about what kind of world my daughter and grandchildren are going to live in.

I’m personally very lonely and bored so I’ve taken to just riding around sometimes just to kill time. I see so many homeless people, some of whom are obviously disturbed and/or on drugs. They are young and old and middle-aged. I see almost as many women as men. And this is in what is considered “nice” areas. They are dying in high numbers in Sacramento and winter is just around the corner. It’s heartbreaking.

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**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-hopeful/821191/22 "2018-09-16T20:40:05Z")

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40% of the country doesn’t see things my way, or in a way that is supportive of our experiment in democracy. So whatever happens in November, we have our work cut out for us. It’s going to be a long slog through murky land.

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