The presence of hope doesn't necessarily mean the person believes their statement is going to happen though. On the tangent of Walmart, I hope Amazon Fails too :).
No I’m just saying it’s a funny thing to say to someone saying “I hope” I think hope’s just an unrealistic distraction, but I also hope big box stores get collapsed.
Because, while they do provide low prices to consumers. They are absolutely evil to their employees. And source inventory from extremely evil companies (i e. Slave and child labor)...