McDonald's doesn't waste time hoping things will go its way. Nope, its days are chock full of brainwashing, killing, poisoning, destroying" and counting profits. Hope never enters into the equation.
Maybe it's time to de-occupy hope"
The verb "hope" is virtually synonymous with "pray," while "hope" the noun is often interchangeable with "faith." Neither of these concepts directly points anyone towards action, do they?
Suggestion: Trade in all that hope for some good old-fashioned anger and passion.
Henry Miller sez: "Hope is a bad thing " It means that you entertain illusions. It's a sort of spiritual clap, I should say."
With rebellion rising all across the planet, let's combine outrage with outreach and join the revolution. Let's ditch hope and aim instead for vision, clarity, strategy, courage, creativity, solidarity, and finally: some goddamned results.
Nietzsche sez: "Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torments of man."
It's not enough to hope the powers-that-be stop gunning down young black men, to hope they stop poisoning our food, to hope they stop listening in on all our communications; if we want change, we have to make it impossible for the oppressors to continue oppressing, for the exploiters to keep exploiting, and for the killers to go on killing.
They must learn there will be a steep price to pay for their crimes and that price will progressively escalate until the carnage concludes.
Rita Mae Brown sez: "Never hope more than you work."
Take-home message: No matter what bullshit you hear from Wall Street-funded, ecocide-perpetrating war criminals, remember this: Action is always better than hope.
Step 1: Organize
Step 2: Take Action
Step 3: Win
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