@jgoerzen I think we should be acting with all our energy towards positive outcomes even if it seemed "hopeless": We simply don't know the future with any degree of certainty. Assuming too much on the negative is unwise too. And even if we were more certain, what else is there to do anyway?
But the #doomerism is understandable. In this day and age *all* our problems are due to social malfunctions of one form or another. What is missing is in-your-face evidence that we are learning any lessons.