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jonahx

> Until people believe, nothing will change.

I'm with you here.

> When they believe, everything will change.

Taken literally, this is absurd. Belief might be necessary for change, but it's not sufficient!

> That's why there is so much impetus toward despair.

Sometimes people really are in hopeless situations. It seems cruel to blame their despair on not believing enough.

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> Taken literally, this is absurd. Belief might be necessary for change, but it's not sufficient!

I don't read this as "if you just believe, you can do anything!", but rather "when the populace as a whole starts believing that they can fight back against an oppressive minority, they can definitely do that."

> Sometimes people really are in hopeless situations.

The fight for despair is surreal; at least people believe they can really be hopeless and won't let anyone stop them.

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