Sunday Sermon
Scientists: People ARE Conspiring Together
But not in the way conspiracy theorists imagine
Even you, reader, are part of the conspiracy. When you get together with ANOTHER, or TWO MORE, or a WHOLE GROUP of people, you have no choice — you must join the conspiracy.
The conspiracy is something that lives in language, but it also lives in the eyes of the OTHER.
There you can see the “lie” or the “game” or the “inauthentic moment” and the “self-deceit.”
Human society was something that emerged and kind of forced itself on these animals — us — and attempted to civilize us.
However, in our heart of hearts, we don’t feel civilized. We feel, as most animals feel — afraid, hungry and sometimes horny. Those are the three experiences of sentient beings of every kind. Fear. Hunger. Sexual Drive.
Let’s treat them one at a time and discover why these three basic experiences have led to inauthenticity and a conspiracy of silence.
Fear
Fear must be covered up, because in the early days of man, if one human in the group got scared, it scared the shit out of the rest of the group and soon everyone was freaking out, wringing their hands, screaming, and of thus attracting…
