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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

The Superego Only Has One Mechanism, Guilt, Because That’s All It Needs to Rule Uncontested; In This, the Superego Is the Opposite of God, Who Accepts All Contests Even Though It Is No Contest

Chapter 1- Defense Mechanisms, an Overview
 
We all defend ourselves–
If you are unprepared to defend yourself
It just means that
Your defense is unconscious
And your veiled aggression won’t bother your conscious
Because how can you call it manipulating
When you’re doing exactly as you’re told;
After all, they did say please
 
Which is when your defense rests
And the verdict, of course, is guilty
But you already knew that
Yes, unconsciously
Yet, on a much deeper level
Because God gave you a conscience
 
Chapter 2- Self-loathing and Projection
 
Let’s begin our survey
With the most common defense mechanism
Of them all
Because we have to start with our hate
If we are ever to end with love...

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There is only one product but infinite ways to package it
No Wonder

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Does Anybody Actually Want to Win?

In the battle between good and evil good appears to be playing for a tie Evil,
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Takeoff always happens just as we are running out of runway
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Wrong. Wrong Again. Wrong Unfettered.

The easiest way to tell that climate change is a new religion is that it allows for plenty of missed deadlines
Haiku

There’s nothing you can say to me that I haven’t already ignored
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