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Fear is more immediate, as in the emotion engrained in us to avoid danger/loss of life/livelihood. I believe it is sad we as a country have fallen to this emotion on a grand scale. This must be a more basic emotion than hope for sure given its prominence of exploitation throughout human history. I think n**i Germany points to a great example of how hope mobilized a great deal of people, in that WWI ravaged Germany was in dire hope for something better, etc. But this may lead to a manipulation of hope that is quite similar to fear. Here, in this n**i example, we see that while it could be construed as hope for better, it could also be interpreted as fear for worse. So, there is no hope? Only fear in either greater/lesser doses? I'm confused. Of course it could be that we're all trapped in quite a delicious language game doomed to end no matter what. Figments of imagination notwithstanding, we're all on a ride. We can tell ourselves whatever we want to move us. As long as it moves us. Hope and fear are certainly strong motivators, and either can be misused it seems. This discussion seems to necessitate a branching off into conventionalist dogma, how actions brought about by hope are better than those brought about by fear.
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I think it's true. And like @TickTockBang I can only think of other literary advantages. But I think from life experience hope is what keeps you going forward, while fear tends to hold you in stasis.
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I can't really explain it but I can only think of instances from the book to support the thesis.
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I disagree, fear and hope have no place in my heart.
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