
When the Moon Hits Your Eye

While the Caseusian Hoax was not ultimately successful, it is notable for being arguably the first of a new class of “Mega Hoaxes” designed to undermine the concept of a shared and physically consistent reality, in order to promote or promulgate political, social or economic goals, primarily by corporations or by governments.
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While many initially believed the hoax to have been performed for the benefit of national governments, most notably the United States and China, it is now commonly accepted that it was performed by a collective of technology and media companies, most notably PanGlobal Aerospace, who employed various then-nascent technologies and strategies to give
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a global and multinational “dry run” by governments around the world to redefine reality and sell us a lie so big that all the smaller lies they feed us daily will be that much easier to swallow.
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Jody could hear just a smidgen of relief in his voice, the relief that comes when you know you’re talking to a mercurial billionaire who is as likely to be an unreasonable piece of shit as not, and you never know what you’re going to get until you have the conversation. Jody resented this reputation; he was never an asshole, he was merely exacting,
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“No. Just because we want an explanation—just because we need an explanation—doesn’t mean the universe is obliged to provide one.”