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and that is my fault. I hope they find a better lie to live
by.
Public Post - User ID: 51Z1A (Former Teacher): I
taught history for twenty years. Every lesson I taught
was structured to create national pride, not accurate
history. I knowingly omitted atrocities and inflated
victories. I did this because I believed the lie was
necessary for a functional state. Now I realize my
entire life was a machine of deliberate falsehood. I have
nothing left to pass on. The truth is that learning is
pain and history is a weapon.
Public Post - User ID: 33G2F (New Parent): I love
my child, but I hate the responsibility. I regret having
them. I regret bringing a new consciousness into a
world where everything is guaranteed to fail and
everything is proven to be meaningless. This is the
truth. I will not pretend otherwise. I am afraid.
The discourse wasn't political; it was existential. The
human brain, Henry realized, was not built for
constant, total veracity. It needed the emotional
padding of plausible denial, the shared cultural lie that
things could get better, that mistakes were fixable, and
that personal efforts were meaningful.
The Truth Law had stripped away hope, rendering
every decision a certainty of failure. Why start a
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