Adrian Johnston
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Like freedom, hope, despite false ideological depictions of it in romanticized hues—freedom and hope often are celebrated as wonderful blessings to be treasured with pleasure—is, in reality, a painful burden. Losing hope, in the same way as self-deceptively attempting to slough off freedom with excuses to the effect that one has no choices thanks to inconsiderate, unaccommodating circumstances, usually results in the oblivion of depoliticized relaxation, in a soothing sense of soporific relief.
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