The Perfect Humanoid Symbol, 5

And the trap, the cage is locked by the connivance of the victim alone. The only limit of an individual are his/her own considerations: the only limits are those one resolves that one has. So no barrier can exist unless one agrees with it; taking it for granted is but one form of such agreement. One may even never overcome it, but who cares: one’d be up to one’s honour as long as one doesn’t bow to it. And no barrier will cage us forever as a team if we pass on the baton and the torch well. So much for what locks the cage from the inside; now, what about the reasons to get into the trap in the first place?

Any addictive substance is plainly averted in the first place, or eradicated once introduced, unless one intends otherwise. So this is the second facet: the motivations to become addicted. Many of them exist, based on the humanoid faults in general, but I think it’s enough to roughly classify here: being conned by the criminal swindle, craving for social consideration, herd instinct, impatience, conflict, irresponsibility, apathy, and of course their combinations.

We’ve already discussed the mechanism of the criminal swindle once addicted, but it begins to operate even before addiction, when one thinks one is earning, not losing, by playing with fire and getting into the trap. Earning what, exactly, well… that more or less falls within the next motivations.

Many individuals crave for other people’s consideration (the consideration of themselves is built on that of other people, too): their admiration if possible, their dread subordinately, and at least, and anyhow, their attention; so first they target some social environment, and then they hunt for what’s “cool” – what gets such attention and consideration in it. I’m “cool”, therefore I am. As I said, in my humble opinion, the entire scope of human misery boils down to this common denominator: “winning” personality and “losing” personality overriding self. So guess what gets humanoid consideration, and thus what humanoids elect as their target? The “winning” personality.