“How do you cause people to believe in an imagined order such as Christianity, democracy or capitalism? First, you never admit that the order is imagined”
— Yuval Noah Harari
Simplified Meaning:
To make people believe in things like religions, political systems, or economic ideas, leaders and society act as if these things are real and don't say they are made up. For example, money is just paper or numbers, but everyone treats it like it has value, so it works. Similarly, in a democracy, people follow rules and vote because they all agree it is important, even though voting is just a way we organize ourselves. If leaders admitted these systems were just agreed-upon ideas, people might stop following them, and the system would collapse. The advice here is to understand how much our world relies on shared beliefs, and if you want to convince people of something, act confidently and consistently, as if it’s unquestionably true. This can be applied in your own life by being confident and firm in your own beliefs and ideas to persuade others to see things your way.
