The world needs fewer cynics and more skeptics. - eviltoast
  • yesman@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Classical cynics loved to ridicule society and exalt nature. Modern cynics ridicule society and exalt themselves.

    A cynic that owns a mortgage and a 401k is a bigger imposter than the tourist wearing a Che Guevara T-shirt in the Mall of America.