Hope keeps me alive

Many people who deem themselves "realists" are just conservatives, in a broad sense. They pretend that change is rather impossible because the establishment is too strong, because the current situation steems from necessity, etc. But is it really? I think not.

The way things have changed in the past, quickly and without much signs, is a reason to be optimistic, to support change for the best. Who would have said in August 2001 that the Talebans wouldn't be in power in Afghanistan before then end of the year?

I think change for the best should always be one's position and realism, no more than an analysis tool of the past. Trying to understand what has happened may demand cold analysis, but changing the world demands more will than coldness.