That makes sense. I guess I never thought anyone actually believed these things, any more than they “believed” in the logic of a video game. To me, it was alway

That makes sense. I guess I never thought anyone actually believed these things, any more than they “believed” in the logic of a video game. To me, it was always just something you learned, the way you learn a language or a national culture. It’s a means to achieve a certain end (directly: the role, indirectly: $), not a thing to be taken any more seriously than that.