[jpttsn]

I share that slightly nihilistic vantage point in principle. I don't find it helps make decisions too often. I'm much more helped by thinking I exist, treating existence as a concept, requiring no metaphysics.

Nitpick on "illusion": A map is not an illusion of territory; it's a tool for navigating. Mirages and disappearing coins are illusions, useless for navigation.

Nitpick on "bla bla competitive America": lots of people outside America believe they exist.