I must be a monster, because I laughed outloud at that last line. =) haha
So, let me point out Rand works, because I could give a shit if everyone really hates her.
There is this part of Atlas Shrugged (one of my favorite parts, for the record) where Dagny, sick of the world at large, leaves to her cabin to just survive, taking it 'one movement at a time'. Using everyday language, you might claim she lost hope. But of course, she hadn't. She feels that the 'evil was unnatual and temporary'.
If you're speaking of hope as something we really want that is denied to us, I guess it can suck, sure. And certainly, it is abused. But within the word, which has been perverted over time, lies two significant ideas: that we want to achieve it and it's possible to achieve. The two of these ideas show that hope is, actually, far and away beyond whether or not you actually get it. It's the knowledge that we CAN get it
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So, let me point out Rand works, because I could give a shit if everyone really hates her.
There is this part of Atlas Shrugged (one of my favorite parts, for the record) where Dagny, sick of the world at large, leaves to her cabin to just survive, taking it 'one movement at a time'. Using everyday language, you might claim she lost hope. But of course, she hadn't. She feels that the 'evil was unnatual and temporary'.
If you're speaking of hope as something we really want that is denied to us, I guess it can suck, sure. And certainly, it is abused. But within the word, which has been perverted over time, lies two significant ideas: that we want to achieve it and it's possible to achieve. The two of these ideas show that hope is, actually, far and away beyond whether or not you actually get it. It's the knowledge that we CAN get it ( ... )
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Sure, hope is all well and good, but something positive hardly interests me. It's the negative aspects which are far more delightful, after all. =b
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