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Over time, the Cult of God which tokenizes history via their tokens starts to worship a False Idol. Either an ideology in the case of Zombie-ness. Or an individual/small-group in the case of Vampire-ness. The power of the token derives from the worship.

E.g. in a corporate environment of 100 people you have 100 units of status/attention. A toxic workplace is one that's propping up the existing status distribution. The toxicity is put up w/ because the distribution is 'fair'b/c there is no alternative interpretation of history.

"Demon Worship" is akin to fetishizing something you know is 'evil' because the benefits outweigh the costs or you believe that the end justifies the means. The actual vampire/zombie doesn't exist but through the act of worship the worshipper *becomes* it.

I.e. "satan" by necessity can only manifests itself through an avatar.

From the internal POV of any 'tribe' (no matter how large) that is united under a common god, every other tribe looks like devil worship. (Even if they're not actually tribes, they just 'seem' like one big blob)

"Immigrants" from the perspective of those who worship their own country (Nationalism) look like zombies. (even if they have high tech jobs) "The 1%" from the perspective of those who worship 'Humanity' look like vampires. (even if we love amazon prime)

Though both of these examples are somewhat corrupted by narcissism. The Dying King and the Empty Throne do not inspire much faith.

Yet the blob can become diverse. E.g. you learn to distinguish the various cultures and sub-cultures within the 'immigrant' blob, or you see the often highly individuated individual who has become rich, you see that they worship for the same reasons you do.