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1. Caitlin Johnstone (caitoz@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Dec-2022 02:13:24 UTC Caitlin Johnstone

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   Few understand just how pervasively dominated our civilization is by narrative. How all our culture, beliefs, political and economic systems, are all made entirely out of mental stories that we collectively pretend are real. Towers of narrative built atop our basic animal needs.

   • Caitlin Johnstone (caitoz@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Dec-2022 02:13:25 UTC Caitlin Johnstone

     It actually isn't an exaggeration to compare the mainstream worldview to the virtual world depicted in The Matrix. The only difference is instead of AI keeping us imprisoned, it's psychopathic oligarchs and secretive government agencies, and instead of code, it's narrative.

     Wonderskeptic repeated this.