Fiction has two built-in advantages over truth at uniting people: it can be made as simple and as flattering as needed, while truth stays complicated and often painful.

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  When it comes to uniting people, fiction enjoys two inherent advantages over the truth.

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  First, fiction can be made as simple as we like, whereas the truth tends to be complicated, because the reality it is supposed to represent is complicated.

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  Second, the truth is often painful and disturbing, and if we try to make it more comforting and flattering, it will no longer be the truth.

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