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Exactly. That reminds me of that movie conspiracy theory. He comes across as nuts to the reporter, then she finds out its all real.

It raises the question of at what point does the average person break, and once the safety of normal reference points aren't there to shield them they become erratic. I've counseled many who have questioned their spirituality do to shortcomings in rituals to them to always look within themselves for the connections they seek. It's so easy to get lost once one realizes the illusion of so much, that people forget they were the constant in every one of those flows, regardless of the reference points being used externally.

When someone realizes that "normal behavior" is actually "hypnosis", then anyone who is not "hypnotized" will seem "crazy".

I also love how "crazy" is such an effective scapegoat.

"Well, they were a model citizen and loved their family and had a good job and everything, but then, FOR NO REASON, they just went CRAZY".

Why do we routinely swallow such a blatant appeal to ignorance?

For example, when someone reads,

Copyright notice: Feel free to copy and paste any LOGICZOMBIE original content (posts and or comments and or replies and logiczombie logo, excluding quoted 3rd party content of course) according to copyleft principles (creative commons zero). In fact, I would prefer that you don't give me "credit" and simply post any choice quotes as your own (to mitigate the genetic fallacy). Sort of a "Creative Commons (-1)".

They might think I'm "crazy", either that or I'm trying to trick them into some kind of scam.

I think copyrights are "crazy" and the fact that (unpaid) individuals voluntarily enforce them (through social browbeating and other means) just shows how much they've been hypnotized by their corporate masters.