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I think reality is the most terrifying option; nobody is in charge.
Why is that terrifying?
Because there is no solution, a James Bond will never come to kill the evil ones at their meeting on the dark side of the moon, there is simply no culprit to exchange for someone competent. It is only us, one after another, without order or concert added, who are to blame for all this shit
Government often claims monopoly of force, that-is the biggest and only gang in a region. Our technologies of government only intersects with some aspects of life. This infrastructure of justice for example only maintains that grip if it can produce a narrative of consistency, any change probably invokes fears of the loss of monopoly of force, because it inevitably leads to the (sometimes temporary) necessity of self-organisation or self-government, which can be scary in the example of justice production.
Because it means chaos, anything can happen, no order
What if Susan buys one toilet seat too many? What if NASA floods the ISS with yogurt? What if people collectively decide to pinch their nose at the same time?
I actually think this is partially why notions of secret societies and global control is so appealing throughout history
It’s truly scary to many people that nobody is running the world in some manner so they just have to believe it’s masons, jews, catholics, tech libertarians
SOMEBODY, so I can sleep at night knowing it’s all under control in some way 😴