How far detached from reality can one get before it reasserts itself one way or the other?
For instance, say the next thing they believe is that all middle managers are communists: they aren't the godlike job creators at the top, they aren't the rugged individual pulling himself up by his bootstraps at the bottom, they're just lazy parasites who give you tasks and keep you from making more money. You know, "communists." So they shit talk their boss one day, get canned, and it's a all one big commie conspiracy. And of course they can't just go work for another commie; they have to put their life savings in a new business, or do a super selective search for alternate employment. At some point their life starts to unravel from the financial consequences of all this -- does that snap them back? Does that break the spell? Or is this a self-sealing wormhole they've been sucked into?
How far detached from reality can one get before it reasserts itself one way or the other?
For instance, say the next thing they believe is that all middle managers are communists: they aren't the godlike job creators at the top, they aren't the rugged individual pulling himself up by his bootstraps at the bottom, they're just lazy parasites who give you tasks and keep you from making more money. You know, "communists." So they shit talk their boss one day, get canned, and it's a all one big commie conspiracy. And of course they can't just go work for another commie; they have to put their life savings in a new business, or do a super selective search for alternate employment. At some point their life starts to unravel from the financial consequences of all this -- does that snap them back? Does that break the spell? Or is this a self-sealing wormhole they've been sucked into?