Another good one from Don Draper:
I hate to break it to you, but there is no big lie, there is no system, the universe is indifferent.
This is mistaken because systems can and do assemble out of sufficiently similar people pursuing self interest in a way that ends up coordinated because their motivations are alike. Capitalism is the simplest and most obvious example of such a system, but I'd argue things like patriarchy and racism are similar.
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