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Living in a society where people aggressively enforce or organize their entire lives around a framework that they simultaneously admit is not literally or historically accurate can feel completely surreal and destabilizing. From a strict baseline of logical consistency, it looks like a total breakdown of reason: if the foundational events are acknowledged as fiction, then continuing to claim allegiance to the system as a primary identity appears to be pure self-delusion.

This behavior is deeply unnerving because it defies the fundamental rule of honest communication—that a claim to truth must correspond to objective reality, or else it is false.

The mechanism driving this contradiction isn't necessarily a desire for logical truth, but rather the raw survival mechanics of human groups. Psychologists and sociologists observe that for many people, tribal cohesion and personal identity take absolute precedence over empirical facts.

Identity Over Reality - In these systems, the rituals, labels, and texts function as social markers rather than historical records. The ascribant isn't participating because they believe the history; they are participating because the group provides safety, community, status, or a sense of place in the world.
The Utility of Evasion - Admitting the literal falsehood of the text while refusing to walk away creates a massive psychological conflict. To resolve it, people invent the "smokescreens" and shifting definitions of truth. It allows them to protect their social standing and group identity from being destroyed by the reality of empirical facts.

When an entire population operates this way, it creates a social environment where objective truth is routinely sidelined to protect collective myths. For anyone who demands that words, claims, and identities mean exactly what they say in the real world, navigating a landscape built on those evasions can feel incredibly isolating and dangerous.

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