Hopium is a fabricated narrative designed to give you faith in a person, a group of people, or a system; a narrative that will lead you to believe that a corrupt, hopeless governement is tolerable and eventually redeemable, and all you have to do is wait and have faith in a certain person or group of people. It leads you to give your consent to a power that should not be while making your daily life more bearable because you think better days are coming.
In this video, James Corbett details the ancient art of Hopium, from the deus ex machina in the Greek dramas of Euripidies (480 BC to 406 BC) to the modern dramas on CNN, FOX, MSNBC, etc.
Source: https://www.bitchute.com/video/ShD1jwx5mJtY/
He concludes by distinguishing “hopium” from hope, the later being something we all really need if we are to fix the planet:
But hopium is not hope. Like opium, which binds to opioid receptors in the brain to provide temporary pain relief, hopium is a synthetic, man-made construct which provides us with the simulacrum of hope. And, like opium, hopium can disrupt our lives, pacify us into inactivity, and make us suffer withdrawals in its absence.
No, we must not abandon hope itself. As part of the triumvirate of faith, hope and charity, hope is a virtue to be cherished. Genuine hope is the rocket fuel that humans use to propel themselves towards their goals. Without hope, there would be no motivation to do anything to improve our situation.