People need that reassurance that out there, somewhere, somehow, in the external universe, working on their behalf, that they are not alone, that they must keep fighting, that help is on the way.

That reassurance can take the form of God, the government, the free market, science, truth, a leader, the wisdom of the founding fathers, democracy, human dignity, the People, progress, Manifest Destiny, the Force, whatever. We all have this, even those of us have even recognized it for what it is: an evolutionary prewired circuit in our heads that keeps us functioning even when there is no longer any hope.

And even those who know that intellectually to be a lie can simply not grasp it emotionally. The only undeniable fact of existence is that we are all going to die, but deep down inside we refuse to accept it applies to us.

And we do not want anyone to tell us otherwise.