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Wealth can be used to sustain illusions, as long as the wealth holds up. If the illusions aren’t too far from reality, they don’t drain wealth or might even grow it - see NYT stock after trump’s election.

I suspect the idea of a catastrophic painful return to reality might be a form of wishful thinking, because feeling like everyone is out of touch with reality is scarier than having everyone be aligned against some obvious threat.

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