We all have what I have lately been developing as a sane or insane grasp on reality, whether passive or active, or we are spewing nonsense (I’m sure some would say that about me).
What does a grasp on reality entail?
It entails an understanding of what is at hand, and what is being reached for in the interactions with what is at hand.
Like many twofold chains of causation, the caused (in this case what is being reached for, the “if all goes according to plan” future) is often counterfeited in order to change the present grasp, the manner of interaction with what is at hand.
To add another level of irony, this is often done with a specific caused future in mind, which is itself often a counterfeited manipulation.
A taliban is manipulated by a soldier with threats, manipulated by a CIA agent with military industrial ideology, manipulated himself by superiors with more refined military industrial ideology, manipulated themselves by polititians with socio-religious ideology… et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
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