Nationalism is an emergency mechanism for restoring trust within a narrow circle when general trust has been destroyed.
- trust
- identity
- defense mechanisms
A person beaten with a stick their whole life instinctively looks for a razor blade in every gingerbread.
Cynicism is romanticism that got tired of waiting.
Andrey hit a pothole on Science Avenue at 8:43 AM. The impact was hard. The suspension cracked, coffee splashed from the cup onto his jeans. In the "old world" (about ten years ago), Andrey would be cursing right now. Then he'd get out, kick the wheel. Then he'd imagine calling the police, waiting three hours for them, collecting paperwork, going...
You don't exist. What you call "I" is a pirated assembly of other people's ideas about success, installed on your factory hardware back in childhood. Clumsy, with broken drivers, but with a full suite of office programs: "Be convenient," "Don't stand out," "What will people say?" Your parents, out of immense, panicked love, were the first system...