Every Disney Princess, J R R Tolkien fantasy and game of thrones episode entrenches our dream of being king of everyone else. J Campbell's "Hero With a Thousand Faces" is more like the "Parental Con Job With a Thousand Faces of Conquer the World and Feed us in Our Old Age."
Most know it's a game. Some think it's a handbook. I asked a colleague if Orwell's Animal Farm was a warning or an instruction manual? She answered "Both. For normal people it's the first. For sociopaths it's the second." She's in charge of this project bsky.app/profile/aubr...