• HiImThomasPynchon [des/pair, it/its]
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    3 months ago

    Had a friend once who played Bioshock, went hard into Randian Objectivism, and then became convinced his cognitive dissonance was a superpower.

    After he told me this, I started distancing myself from him and swore off amphetamines

    • NPa [he/him]
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      3 months ago

      and then became convinced his cognitive dissonance was a superpower.

      Is this like when wooks experience empathy for the first time on molly and decide that they're indigo star-child empaths with psychic powers?

    • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml
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      3 months ago

      and then became convinced his cognitive dissonance was a superpower.

      It is just how they interpret Will to Power, and it's really common among the hardcore and neophyte libertarians. It is necessary to remain libertarian because reality always negatively verify their ideas.