AMR (@Amritas)

<p>Another possibility is that their mass delusion may simply fade away. Which doesn't mean that they'll suddenly see reality.</p> <p>I'm thinking of what happened with the neocons I knew. For years they kept insisting WE'RE WINNING THE WARS and that the MSM was covering up all the Sekret Victories of the USSA Holy Armed Forces.</p> <p>But as the wars dragged on, they got increasingly quiet. There was a moment when they started to become mildly critical of the wars - but only because Obama had become president. We're losing because of HIM!! The DEVIL!! Then they jumped on the Tea Party craze. SmolGov! SmolGov!</p> <p>The wars were forgotten. And none of them talk about them today. Not one has told me the wars were wrong. The past has been erased to the point where 9/11 is treated as if it were a natural disaster. "Remember," I am told every 9/11. Remember ... what?</p> <p>It's weird to see people go from Avenge the 21st Century Pearl Harbor AAAARGH to sniff, sob, so sad ... all those lives gone ... why? ... blank-out.</p> <p>Memory holes are a common coping mechanism. "Don't remember" is a variant of the other great rule of our society: "don't notice". Don't look back, don't look around, just keep your eyes on the NPC script and read your lines for today like a good elephant.</p>