humans need a healthy dose of believing in benign bullshit. four leaf clovers. salt over the shoulder. if you donāt let it out in little ways it builds up inside of you where it rots until you join qanon.
Nah im good
#turns out you can just not believe in things that dont exist #much better strategy
To quote one of the best authors to have ever lived;
"All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need...Ā fantasiesĀ to make life bearable."
REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.
"Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Littleā"
YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THEĀ LITTLEĀ LIES.
"So we can believe the big ones?"
YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.
"They're not the same at all!"
YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THENĀ SHOWĀ ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YETāDeath waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME...SOMEĀ RIGHTNESSĀ IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.
"Yes, but people haveĀ gotĀ to believe that, or what's theĀ pointā"
MY POINT EXACTLY.
