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As long as you have a pair of the correct lenses[1], life is all hugs and cupcakes. > The lenses cause their wearers to see, not their squalid surroundings, b
by smitty1e 6y ago
As long as you have a pair of the correct lenses[1], life is all hugs and cupcakes.
> The lenses cause their wearers to see, not their squalid surroundings, but the Overworld, a vastly superior version of reality where a hut is a palace, gruel is a magnificent feast, etc. — "seeing the world through rose-colored glasses" on a grand scale.
The 2020 election appears a step in this direction.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eyes_of_the_Overworld https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eyes_of_the_Overworld
- ragnese 6y ago> The 2020 election appears a step in this direction. Care to elaborate?
- tylerjwilk00 6y agoI am speculating but perhaps parent means TV news and media is a lens (Eye of the Overworld) through which the wearer is shown a world layered over the real world. Media would then change the view to either squalor or majesty (perhaps depending on the elected president).