Apr 5, 2026 11:48 PM
(This post was last modified: Apr 6, 2026 05:47 PM by Magical Realist.)
We are all just going thru the motions of a System that was handed down to us without choice. Nobody really knows what they are doing or why when it comes down to it. We recite our lines on cue and play our roles at our jobs, and then go home and wonder why we feel so empty and unreal. When we wonder why we all play along with this charade, the answer always seems to be "Because that's the way it's always been. So shut up and just be happy you have a warm house and food to eat." Like drones in a beehive, we have evolved to be parts of the System that keeps it running smoothly and orderly. Those who dare to reject this fate are ostracized and labeled mentally ill or lazy or anarchist or dissident or even criminal. The System you see has evolved to automatically defend itself from any attempts to sabotage it or even just question its grand disensouling narrative.
“Wasn’t it true, then, that everything in his life from that point on had been a succession of things he hadn’t really wanted to do? Taking a hopelessly dull job to prove he could be as responsible as any other family man, moving to an overpriced, genteel apartment to prove his mature belief in the fundamentals of orderliness and good health, having another child to prove that the first one hadn’t been a mistake, buying a house in the country because that was the next logical step and he had to prove himself capable of taking it. Proving, proving, proving.."---Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road
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“Wasn’t it true, then, that everything in his life from that point on had been a succession of things he hadn’t really wanted to do? Taking a hopelessly dull job to prove he could be as responsible as any other family man, moving to an overpriced, genteel apartment to prove his mature belief in the fundamentals of orderliness and good health, having another child to prove that the first one hadn’t been a mistake, buying a house in the country because that was the next logical step and he had to prove himself capable of taking it. Proving, proving, proving.."---Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road
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