People believe this shit?
We’re talking about a handful of people, but yeah.
I wonder what motivates that.
In this particular case, a couple of things are going on. First, some hucksters invented a story to try to make a buck.
Second, it’s a sort of origin story that latched on with some who really need to feel like people from the old world are supposed to be here.
But more broadly, I think ...
A consequence of stealing land is that you will never find the significance of it. Whatever lies you made up to justify your crimes will fade away.
There are lots of people who grew up down there in a society that was missing spirit, purpose, anything sacred.
Some feel that they’ve found it iin this eternal paradise. Others have concluded that they’ll never find it, and have come to peace with that.
And then there are some who, in this post-consequence existence, need to assign the sort of historical importance here that they see in Paris, or Addis Ababa, or Bangkok.
