To find out why, go read or listen to "everything is fucked" - optimism is the root of hope, and hope is what makes people buy into faith - religious, financial, social - all the "isms".
Hope is hollow but generally drives a lot of people forward. The trick is to either remain blissfully unaware of the mirage called hope, or find some way to live with full, honest, hopelessness.
To find out why, go read or listen to "everything is fucked" - optimism is the root of hope, and hope is what makes people buy into faith - religious, financial, social - all the "isms".
Hope is hollow but generally drives a lot of people forward. The trick is to either remain blissfully unaware of the mirage called hope, or find some way to live with full, honest, hopelessness.