The guy from Mexico still believes in the “American Dream.” So does the guy from India, China, Russia, Africa, etc. who arrives here.
That hope is a fragile thing. People take too many hits and they lose it.
More like, hunger makes people hard; ease makes them soft.
If hope is fragile, how is it that the desperate immigrants from India, china, Russia, Africa have it, and those who grew up here don’t?
I think hope is an outlook, and those are chosen/ set by your belief system. If you think you are a victim, if you think you are powerless to change your life, if you think sad-sack droopy drawer thots, your life will reflect that cynicism. Or not. Choice.