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mood ("+"); snark; uspol 

Hahaha, wait! I don't have to sit here depressed, just because it feels like I'm a failure and my city is getting overrun with ruthless objectivists! It's 2018! Reality is whatever I want it to be, and it's CERTAINLY malleable to my own comfort!

So, no, the city isn't really being overrun with rich jerks. There is a *conspiracy* to pack local comment boards with libertarian astroturf. It's fake. Anything that makes me unhappy is either a hoax or a conspiracy.

Solved.

mood ("+"); snark; uspol 

Wow. This self-delusion shit is POWERFUL. To my horror, just thinking that these people are somehow just a hoax genuinely and immediately made me feel better.

This comfort is worrisomely similar to the comfort I felt when I was 12, had recently lost my father, and converted to Christianity. -_- I don't think I will be indulging this theory any further.

But damn, it's tempting. It's so tempting to roll my own delusion and lose myself in it. If you can't beat 'em...

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