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>everything's awful and yet, there's still a glimmer of hope and the human condition shines through
That's the point of the movie. They two guys want to destroy the wishing room because someone who reaches it might wish for something evil instead of wealth (what the only stalker who reached it wished for). When the stalker that is guiding them learns their true intentions he argues that people need the idea of the wishing room and the hope it brings.