Hope Is a Risk

kottke.org June 26, 2025 By Jason Kottke

From Cole Arthur Riley, author of Black Liturgies (Amazon):

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.

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.

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From Cole Arthur Riley, author of Black Liturgies (Amazon):

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.

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.

Tags: Cole Arthur Riley

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