‘wallow in it rather than do anything about it’
This is mostly the thing I mean when I use the word ambition above. I think you’re using the word to mean something overlapping but distinct; I’m trying to capture the overarching thing that contains both ‘wallow in it’ and the ‘underlying driver’ of your disgust/disappointment reaction.
I would be curious to hear you discuss what good, stable futures might look like and how they might be governed (mostly because I haven’t heard your takes on this before and it seems quite important)