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Amidst a backdrop of psychedelic tripping — voluntary and involuntary — the Vietnam War, moon landing, nuke preparations, and JFK assassination rip a hole through our collective reality. What is even real? Then comes Manson, dialing it all to 11. In the wake of these events, “Discordianism” emerges: a pseudo-religion, mocking the rest of them. It declares that chaos and disharmony are essential to our reality, just as other religions claim harmony and order to be. Its founders reason: instead of organization, the foundation of our reality is strife, chaos and discord. It’s simply better to embrace this confusion than to fight it. Years later, its descendants invent the Illuminati, parodying conspiracy and disorienting all further. Cut to Kek & Trump. Brexit. Epstein. COVID-19. January 6th. Disorientation is now our norm – we’re chronically dazed, drowning in unpredictability. For many, fictional explanations were (and remain) more believable than truth itself. Reality is too strange to

The META Trending Trends: 02023 An Analysis of 50+ Global Trend Forecasts → 16 Most Reported Social Shifts Matt Klein Jan 30, 2023 ∙ Paid 2 Share Discordianism & Meliorism 02023’s Prologue It’s the 60s. Amidst a backdrop of psychedelic tripping — voluntary and involuntary — the Vietnam War, moon landing, nuke preparations, and JFK assassination rip a hole through our collective reality. What is even real? Then comes Manson, dialing it all to 11. Reality is too strange to be this real. There must be order behind it all . Conspiracy . Explanation. Reason. In the wake of these events, “Discordian

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