What Is the Problem of Doubt and Hopelessness?

A panicked response to a hypothetical emergency can be far worse than the hypothetical emergency itself, writes Julian Zelizer. The spread particularly among the young of a demoralizing and socially divisive doubt and hopelessness is part of what we're seeing in our world today, he says. "All their ambition is nothing but a manifestation of patriarchal oppression," adds Zelizer. 'If they get up and attempt to move forward all they're doing is contributing to the catastrophic mess'