Comment by dspillett

> Acknowledging the result of defeatism should push us toward a different mindset, not more defeatism.

Defeatism says otherwise!

> Over the long run, humanity has a pretty good record, carried by the people who refuse to give up.

Unfortunately when the struggle is against other people, especially the incumbent powers-that-be (in this case the capitalist overlords), those that refuse to give up have to fight long and hard to get enough other properly in the fight, and victory requires something drastic like at very least mass protests perhaps up to civil war level.