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here is where the shadow projection comes in: people who buy lottery tickets are being "greedy". and "wall street" is punishing this "irrational greed" by bleeding them dry until they "wise up" and stop being stupid.

yet. if you take an empathetic stance you can see that the hope is not out of greed or stupidity but can be a rational response to a hopeless situation. hope is not a strategy but for the hopeless it is ALL they have.https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1349448595586445312 …

imo this is why the punishment mentality in the US is kept alive at all costs despite so much evidence that it doesn't work. there is a LOT of money to be made by punishing stupid people via indirect lottery mechanisms.

this is also why love is the only way the world can be saved. the people up top beating down the people down below are doing the 'right' thing through negative reinforcement. they're 'smarter', they're 'better'.

a bunch of idiots yelling at them will only make them whip the whip harder. now, now only do they think the peasants are poor and stupid, not they're ungrateful, arrogant, and violent. this can only lead to an atlas shrugged 'go fuck yourself'

but if the vampires learn to see the rest of hoomanity as their old frail grandparents, aging parents, helpless children, and brothers and sisters... then perhaps there is hope. one must touch the heart of the vampire. even if it through a stake.

hope is only a strategy when it is a hope for love. that is called Faith.