upvoted for especially the final two paragraphs about hope, which completely demolish the prevailing view on PDW that it's hopeless, 'hope is cope', it's naive and stupid to take the hopium, there is no plan, Trump is under water, no one is coming to save you, the bad guys are too clever and too entrenched, yada yada...

Hope springs eternal for a reason: you never know it's 'false hope' until after the fact—and even if it turns out to be, you felt better and more energized and positive the whole time anyway, working to make the hope a reality