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“The Curse of Awareness” by Russell G Banks

Tommy Pistol

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[0:00]The truest words was from Nietzsche when he said that any man who knows too much can't, he can't fit in anywhere. And that that's a curse of awareness.

[0:15]Once you start to delve underneath the surface, that's when you realize this whole world, it's not so simple. And you start to notice who people really are in the games they're playing. And that fake confidence or the ulterior motives And you realize this whole society, it's built on lies. And people, they're sheep. And once once you see that you can't unsee that. So you you try you try and tell people but they say to you No, no, you're overreacting. You are crazy, so you stop talking. But you're still observing. You're still watching, but you know you don't belong anymore. And it's not it's not because you you think you're the you're too good for anyone. No, no, no, it's because you've seen too much and you're watching everything. And now you know you can't go back to how it was anymore. And awareness it isolates you and it's the price of Clarity because the crowds they move away. But then at least you know who you are.

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