thinking just now about how easy people are apparently swayed into believing the most outrageous of lies, especially those uttered by "authority". of course truth has never been the final arbiter of human affairs, nevertheless i'm struck by a sense that the simple explanations--the ones that fit into our preconceived notions, that tell us we're good and right, that allow us, on the whole, to ignore the direction of our combined efforts on the largest scales (i.e., states and large corporations). we get a fun story.
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