36737While it’s difficult for a politician to tell
PARENTS
THAT THEIR SON DIED FOR NO GOOD REASON, IT
IS FAR MORE PAINFUL FOR PARENTS TO SAY THIS TO THEMSELVES -
and it is even harder for the victims. A crippled soldier who lost his legs would rather tell himself,
‘I sacrificed myself for the glory of the eternal Italian [or whatever other] NATION!’ than ‘I lost my legs
because I was stupid enough to believe self-serving politicians.’ IT IS MUCH EASIER TO LIVE WITH THE
FANTASY, BECAUSE THE FANTASY GIVES MEANING TO THE SUFFERING: PRIESTS DISCOVERED THIS HOLY
PRINCIPLE ALREADY MANY THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO?! It underlies numerous religious ceremonies and commandments! If you want to make people believe in all kinds of imaginary entities such as gods & nations,
you should make them sacrifice something valuable [like first fruits & young livestock, money and children]?!
The more painful the SACRIFICE, the more convinced they will be of the existence of the imaginary recipient...
A poor peasant sacrificing a valuable bull to Jupiter will become convinced thàt JUPITER really exists, otherwise
hòw can he excuse his stupidity?! The peasant will sacrifice another bull, ànd ànòther, ÀND ANOTHER, just so he
won’t have to admit that all those previous bulls were totally wasted: for exactly the same reason, if I have
sacrificed a child to the glory of the Italian nation or my legs to the communist revolution, that’s usually
enough to turn me into a zealous Italian nationalist or an enthusiastic communist. For if Italian national
myths or communist propaganda are a lie, thèn I will be forced to concede that my child’s death
or my own paralysis have been completely pointless, useless & in vain?
Few people have the stomach to admìt sùch a thing!
The same logic is at work
in the economic
sphere too
...
THAT THEIR SON DIED FOR NO GOOD REASON, IT
IS FAR MORE PAINFUL FOR PARENTS TO SAY THIS TO THEMSELVES -
and it is even harder for the victims. A crippled soldier who lost his legs would rather tell himself,
‘I sacrificed myself for the glory of the eternal Italian [or whatever other] NATION!’ than ‘I lost my legs
because I was stupid enough to believe self-serving politicians.’ IT IS MUCH EASIER TO LIVE WITH THE
FANTASY, BECAUSE THE FANTASY GIVES MEANING TO THE SUFFERING: PRIESTS DISCOVERED THIS HOLY
PRINCIPLE ALREADY MANY THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO?! It underlies numerous religious ceremonies and commandments! If you want to make people believe in all kinds of imaginary entities such as gods & nations,
you should make them sacrifice something valuable [like first fruits & young livestock, money and children]?!
The more painful the SACRIFICE, the more convinced they will be of the existence of the imaginary recipient...
A poor peasant sacrificing a valuable bull to Jupiter will become convinced thàt JUPITER really exists, otherwise
hòw can he excuse his stupidity?! The peasant will sacrifice another bull, ànd ànòther, ÀND ANOTHER, just so he
won’t have to admit that all those previous bulls were totally wasted: for exactly the same reason, if I have
sacrificed a child to the glory of the Italian nation or my legs to the communist revolution, that’s usually
enough to turn me into a zealous Italian nationalist or an enthusiastic communist. For if Italian national
myths or communist propaganda are a lie, thèn I will be forced to concede that my child’s death
or my own paralysis have been completely pointless, useless & in vain?
Few people have the stomach to admìt sùch a thing!
The same logic is at work
in the economic
sphere too
...
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