Where would we be without hope? It is all we have, but it is enough.
Madness string 876
I'm sorry, but all in all, it is completely, utterly, unarguably, quintessentially hopeless.
Scarcity includes a hope of better things to come. Though it may not be real, the hope drives you onwards nonetheless. But in poverty all hope has been lost. All that's left is bitterness.