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All-Star by Smash Mouth

Oh boy, I’m a double terrorist!

The word I keep coming to is deluded.

These people, the followers and the leaders, are deluding themselves.

Have you ever met someone who thinks they’re dating a 5 star military general who just needs one more google play gift card to marry them? A week in, and you might think they’re foolish, or perhaps naive. But after a year, it starts to become clear that they’re indulging in a fantasy. They know it isn’t real, but they’ll do anything to pretend a little bit longer.

The scary part is, if you’re dying already, why not? You can’t convince them otherwise because they don’t want to believe otherwise. It’s literally not worth their effort to change and grow at that point. At least from the myopic perspective they’re working off of, I suppose.

And really, it all comes down to patriarchy… It’s bad for almost everyone, men included