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Black typewriter-style text on a cream paper background reads: "Hope is a risk; especially when you've known what it is to dream for better and only be met with the tyranny of degradation, greed, and violent appetites. But despair is a concession. Be careful of who you let regulate your dreaming. Always remember who benefits from our hopelessness." Signed at the bottom: "BLACK LITURGIES".

Despair Is a Concession, Hope Is a Risk

A text-only quote post from Black Liturgies arguing hope is a risk but despair is a concession. A sober pick-me-up for Xennials who grew up promised a better future.

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Black typewriter-style text on a cream paper background reads: "Hope is a risk; especially when you've known what it is to dream for better and only be met with the tyranny of degradation, greed, and violent appetites. But despair is a concession. Be careful of who you let regulate your dreaming. Always remember who benefits from our hopelessness." Signed at the bottom: "BLACK LITURGIES".

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