A rat king is a rare phenomenon in nature, but it is not necessarily exclusive to only the physical realm. It's entirely possible for it to exist in the realm of the human psyche. They couldn't disband even if they wanted to.

Will he ever untangle his psyche from the rat king which just keeps growing?

Really?! So does this mean there will be no vaccines given to any child?

I think it helps to be older when you encounter history because you have a more complete frame of reference. It's my "Lite-Brite" theory of historical knowledge: until you have some sense of the larger picture, the individual lights don't make much sense.

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