• EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Apply the same critique to anything someone hopes.

        I hope Santa brings me a bike this year!

        I hope my cancer goes into remission.

        I hope I get to see them in heaven someday.

        • Zuberi 👀@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          1 year ago

          The presence of hope doesn’t necessarily mean the person believes their statement is going to happen though. On the tangent of Walmart, I hope Amazon Fails too :).

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            No I’m just saying it’s a funny thing to say to someone saying “I hope” I think hope’s just an unrealistic distraction, but I also hope big box stores get collapsed.

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        Nah, America’s gonna wake up and overthrow our oppressors any day now.

        Surely before they destroy the environment beyond hope of redemption.

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          I’m more pessimistic in that I think due to social media a revolution is almost impossible because people are now unable to agree on a mutual goal