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Everything is cyclical. You can have systems premised on "love" and end up in the same shit pool later. That's not really relevant - everything's temporary.
Plenty of hateful revolutions (eg. France, Russia, China) have made lasting long term changes. Plenty of love-based movements have flopped quickly (most communes, the hippy generation, lots of romantic relationships).
So I think you're demonstrably incorrect when claiming one emotional source creates lasting effects and the other doesn't.
I mean, one of the most persistent human endeavors: Holy Wars are fueled by hate and last pretty much longer than anything else we do.
We're apes, not utopians. Hungry emotionally suffering, creatures of simple habits and reactions. Not angels, or saints.
So yeah, plenty of persistent, long lasting effects and activities are fueled by hate. You might not see positivity or growth there, but we're not debating your opinion. We're debating the emotional fuel source, it's power and longevity.
It's a mainstay of human behavior.