Is a nation or a person that is taught to embrace hope being fooled into a form of acceptance? Maybe having hope is what maintains the status quo? Is it a convenient way to suppress action and protest?
I keep hearing Marx's quote 'religion is the opiate of the masses' swirling in my head as I contemplate this ... poets, politicians and essayists appear to encourage us to hope ...
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -
-Emily Dickinson
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
- MLK
'Even the darkest night will end, and the sun will rise.”
-Victor Hugo
In these times, I fear that hope is a way to manage our anger and fears, to keep our discontent suppressed.
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