Hope is always the only rational position

Author Alan Moore speaking in February 2025 to fan site ALANMOOREWORLD (and what a rich world that is): Q: What do you think of the current political situation in the world? Can we reasonably have hope, or is the scenario inevitably gloomy for Humanity? Alan Moore: My answer is both. Hope is always the only rational position, in that to give up hope of success is to guarantee failure and, in the event that the worst happens, it is surely better to go out knowing that you resisted it and struggled your very best to prevent it from happening. So, yes, there is always hope. But, yes, I fear that the world is inevitably in for a gloomy period, and the hope is that we can survive it and build something better from it. If we wish to have an inhabitable future for us and our children and their children, then might I quietly suggest we stop electing and tolerating obvious fascist buffoons because we think they’re entertaining characters, as if they were housemates on Big Brother. This isn’t…