# Optimism

Optimism is a [mental illness](disease.md) that manifests by refusing to accept the [truth](truth.md) because it's too hard or uncomfortable to bear. Optimism is always [evil](evil.md), it is the opium of the masses and plagues especially western society of the [21st century](21st_century.md), it makes people do nothing against a worsening situations because they accept the lie that things are actually fine rather than trying to fix them -- that's why the ruling bodies, such as governments and [corporations](corporation.md), always promote optimism, they want people to stay passive, blind, unaware and harmless. An optimist on board of a sinking ship will not try to do anything about the situation, he won't prepare a life boat or send distress calls, he will only close his eyes and ears to not see the disaster and many times will even attack those who refuse to do the same, accusing others of conspiracy theories and creating panic. An optimist in [dystopian society](capitalism.md) will not do anything to fix the situation, he will only keep repeating programmed phrases such as "it's not ideal but there are still good things", and so he'll end up collaborating with the system on [making it worse and worse](slowly_boiling_the_frog.md).

## See Also

- [NPC](npc.md)
- [cynicism](cynicism.md)
- [pessimism](pessimism.md)
- [black pill](black_pill.md)