What do you mean ‘still’?

Yes. And always will.

Barely, but yes

I don’t think I ever had

“Still?”

Never did. Still don’t.

Yes, just not the ones in charge.

Although, you shouldn’t have faith in those in charge even on a good day - especially if you can even slightly influence who gets to be in charge (by voting, for example - if you have a right to vote, you have a responsibility to vote well).

Never had. How can you have faith in a species which puts most effort towards advancing weapons to destroy as much as possible of it’s own species.

I have faith in people, but not in humanity as a whole. Our governments are run by some of the most disgusting people imaginable, politicians, who are controlled by even worse people, the rich.

No… Not really, but I like to pretend that I do.

“Still”? That would imply that I ever had faith in humanity.

idk…

just an example: I never really had any of my peers stand up for me when I get bullied in school… I doubt that in the adult world, others are gonna step in since its even more dangerous than k-12 so people are just gonna be bystanders while I get beaten in broad daylight (hypothetical, haven’t actually been assulted as an adult yet)…

maybe if people stood up to bullies more, I’d have more faith, but as of now, I feel so alone… even family feels very cold to me… but I feel even more scared to leave and be alone out in the world… like a “the enemy you know” type of thing…

like its a “kill or be killed” type of world

-Philly, PA, USA

People from other places might feel differently

Zero. I have unshakable belief that we’re collective morons with self-destruction baked into our DNA.

Yes, 100%. Go talk to people. Travel. Trust. Love. The internet, social media, the news are as real as lord of the rings, or fortnite.

I have almost never met someone evil or truly unreasonable. I have of course left places that were not working for me. People trying to rope me into status games I didn’t care for etc, or pressure me to do stuff I didn’t want to do. Sometimes it’s unpleasant, even painful. But not remotely something that can counterbalance all the great interactions and great people I have met. Heck, it’s doesn’t compete even just the kindness complete strangers have given me.

Catch people who do you harm in a different situation, years later and talk about it, and the same people are often reasonable, open to change, open to talk about why they do what they do.

You don’t have to forgive them. But for me, it helps.

Humanity’s potential…yes.

Humanity’s actuality…no.

No.