I argue that many social crises are an expression of deep social injustices. Indignation or moral anger is often a justifiable response to situations of social injustice. These attitudes do not exclude all hope. They exclude, however, an "inclusive" form of hope that political philosophy often focuses on. Even if in an ideal world our political action should be guided by an inclusive form of hope, in non-ideal circumstances it is often rational for political actors not to cultivate such hope. The idea that the political cultivation of inclusive hope is always valuable is untenable and often has ideological effects.