He never thought he was right. The horror of all that had died under his will had become mundane to him. You see, the first horror is the horror itself. The real horror for him was accepting it as necessary.
It__ about Nietzsche__ theory of universal debt. Your parents make it possible for you to believe a far better myth than Santa. They let you think that you, as a kid, don__ owe the world a thing. The world can give you, even if just for a few minutes, utter joy without requiring anything from you. It__ not about consumerism. As far as you know, no one buys you these presents. They come out of nothingness, with fantasies of elves attached. You aren__ required to be grateful to your parents or anything like that. They can give to you and nothing is required in return. When you get old enough, when you have kids, you get to enact this myth for them. It has nothing to do with any fat man in a red suit, no matter what we tell ourselves. It__ about owing nothing, and then realizing that you have to do this job of perpetuating this_ this fantasy world, whether you like it or not.
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It__ about Nietzsche__ theory of universal debt. Your parents make it possible for you to believe a far better myth than Santa. They let you think that you, as a kid, don__ owe the world a thing. The world can give you, even if just for a few minutes, utter joy without requiring anything from you. It__ not about consumerism. As far as you know, no one buys you these presents. They come out of nothingness, with fantasies of elves attached. You aren__ required to be grateful to your parents or anything like that. They can give to you and nothing is required in return. When you get old enough, when you have kids, you get to enact this myth for them. It has nothing to do with any fat man in a red suit, no matter what we tell ourselves. It__ about owing nothing, and then realizing that you have to do this job of perpetuating this_ this fantasy world, whether you like it or not.
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