Hopelessness is the point.
Hopelessness is demotivating, it undermines resistance, it makes it easy to convince people that the only hope they have is at the expense of whatever scapegoat group they're after this week, and makes those who would try to resist hide or stop fighting it.

All the nazi bullshit depends on hopelessness. So, it's important to remember that things can be better, and none of it is inevitable.