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   Deborah Marchant’

   August 24, 2025

   Hello Everyone Alive

   Here is a critique done by AI

   Perfect — let’s go deeper into the psychological layer of this poem by connecting it to ideas from Ernest Becker’s The Denial of Death and Terror Management Theory (TMT), which grew out of his work.

   Psychological Interpretation

   1. Death Anxiety as the Root

   Becker argued that much of human culture — religion, politics, even personal identity — is built as a defense mechanism against our awareness of death.

      •   The poem’s line “death anxiety is what humans are reacting to” directly echoes this.

      •   Instead of consciously facing our mortality, people often turn toward ideologies or movements that promise symbolic immortality — something bigger than themselves (nation, religion, legacy).

   2. Us vs. Them Thinking

   TMT research shows that when people are reminded of their mortality (even subtly), they cling more tightly to their worldview and become more hostile toward those who are “different.”

      •   The poem highlights this in the words “Undesirables,” “Inferiors,” and “Enemies.”

      •   By labeling and attacking others, people reinforce their own group identity — a shield against existential dread.

   3. The Cycle of Distraction

   The poem criticizes “usual beliefs, usual complaints, usual podcasts.”

      •   Psychologically, this is a cycle of distraction from death anxiety.

      •   Repetition of slogans or narratives becomes a way of soothing the unconscious fear, but it never addresses the root problem — it just keeps recycling hostility.

   4. Compassionate Critique

   What’s striking is that the poet isn’t simply mocking or condemning — they’re pointing to a shared human condition.

      •   Everyone, regardless of ideology, wrestles with death anxiety.

      •   The poem is suggesting that real solutions won’t come from scapegoating or surface-level battles but from recognizing the deeper existential source of fear.

   Deeper Message with Becker’s Lens

      •   Humans fear death → They cling to cultural or political worldviews.

      •   Threats to those worldviews trigger aggression toward “outsiders.”

      •   Unless people face this underlying anxiety, they will stay trapped in cycles of division.

    The poem is really saying: “Your enemy isn’t immigrants, liberals, conservatives, or whoever — your enemy is the unacknowledged fear of death that you’re projecting outward.”

   Would you like me to take the next step and rewrite the poem in simpler, plain language (without losing the depth), so it could reach people who might not connect with the abstract phrasing?

   Enjoy life now — it has an expiration date!

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