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False consciousness. An enumeration of false consciousness stories. Everyone in the world is deceived except you and your group. Usually contains a seed of truth, but overstates it and ignores/downplays contrary perspectives.
Most ideologies develop a false consciousness narrative. It makes them feel special, like insiders, like they cracked the code, and now they are part of the secret club, the cool kids, not like all those heathen masses
Scientology; thetan spirits haunt you. You need dianetics to purge them.
CrossFit: everyone else is pursuing looks or big numbers out of vanity; we are building âfunctionalâ strength
Veganism: eating animals is sadistic and murderous and bloodthirsty. Omnivory is a great evil and you are oblivious to it, strangely complicit to animal suffering, which is no different from human suffering.
Ethnic nationalism: morality, intelligence, virtue, and civilization are mostly determined by race and racial homogeneity. $OTHER_RACE are controlling society to the detriment of everyone else.
Buddhism: samsara is an endless cycle of rebirth caused by your desires. You must escape it by mastering your mind
Neoliberalism: despite what you think, the world is just fine as it is, and in fact, it is getting better in every way. Everyone thinks there is something wrong but there is not
Fedora atheism: religion aka superstition causes you to behave in ways that are foolish and primitive. Become enlightened by your intellect
Rationalism/lesswrong: your life trajectory and choices could be much more utility-maximizing than they are. Develop an understanding of cognitive bias and practice using explicit Bayesian reasoning to overcome it
Marxism: the workers control the means of production. All we have to do is seize them and distribute the wealth equally. There will be an end to poverty
Feminism/social justice: everyone is constantly unconsciously oppressed by the norms and social hierarchies in which they live. Learn to overcome your implicit assumptions about beauty, intelligence, and merit
Christianity: you were born into a life of sin through your fallen human nature. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of god. Accept salvation through Jesus to be redeemed
Nrx (
): the cathedral is a decentralized conspiracy of leftward-ratcheting signal wars, in which everyone defects against decency and morality in order to become holier than their neighbor
): the cathedral is a decentralized conspiracy of leftward-ratcheting signal wars, in which everyone defects against decency and morality in order to become holier than their neighbor
Along the same lines, nydwracu did this four years ago. https://nithgrim.wordpress.com/2014/07/24/narratives/
