[Judar rolled his eyes. Now it's time for "you don't get it because you're a kid" thing, apparently. People really liked hauling that one out because it made it easier to dismiss everything he had to say while making them feel better about themselves at the same time. Annoying.]

"Hope" is useless. It's just an excuse not to worry about what's going on around you. "Airbenders are coming back, so everything's going to be okay." "The Avatar will protect us, so everything is going to be okay." And then when everything goes to shit, they have someone handy to blame, too. It's a crutch. People are going to keep being lame and boring and worthless as long as they can cling to things like that.