text: And what is reality anyway? Interpretive reality is personal. Yes, we have consensual beliefs to support our culture to maintain itself and to help us get social needs met. But beyond this who knows? The thing with conspiracies is that they are usually quite hard to falsify. This is why they endure. I doubt anyone knows. I doubt if you asked the world’s billionaire class even they would know!
  Icke’s narratives may not be literally true but they speak to a truth about how we have become disempowered. When I let that hit me, it’s uncomfortable and so I focus on the fact that what he says isn’t literally true (or is at least reductionist) to stop having to feel that. Something similar might be going on with my reaction to Jasun here?