Hope is the ultimate drug.

“....the rich were kept in power by the connivance of the educated classes, who encouraged the People to vote into office the lickspittle frontmen of the Elite who would make promises they had no intention of keeping and assure the People that their votes would bring better times and a more honest and equitable society.” 

So Shall You Reap, Donna Leon

Hope for those without hope is the ultimate drug.

Humans with little or next to nothing often fall prey to the promises of those who aim to keep them in their place.

Some things don’t change and won’t change. Only the tools used to convey those lies change – from high priests and mass media to social networks and artificial intelligence.

November 5, 2023. San Francisco

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  1. I have to agree. Even the best-intentioned people won’t do what it would take to keep their promises to the people in this context. Our political parties just exploit different groups with differing messages, but the underlying truth is they are one and the same — secure & keep power based on false hope.

    1. It has been the case for the longest time. Nothing has and nothing will change. Thanks for coming by and reading.

  2. I’m dying of recurrent metastatic squamous cell carcinoma, and hope—hopium, maybe—is a powerful drug for me. It’s led my wife and I to learn how the maddening clinical trial process works: https://bessstillman.substack.com/p/please-be-dying-but-not-too-quickly. And hope is what I have that the experimental treatment I’m receiving will last long enough for the next experimental treatments to hit the clinical trial phase: https://jakeseliger.com/2023/09/29/clinical-update-about-where-the-cancer-is-and-whats-happening-with-treatment/

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