In this world, the easiest thing to manufacture is not wealth, but “gods.” Those with true judgment study a person's ability, logic, results, and long-term value; those lacking judgment only study a person's packaging, identity, clout, and authority. They habitually simplify the complex world into “who looks more like a success,” so the better someone is at marketing themselves, the more easily they become a god in their eyes. Tragically, what they worship is often not ability itself, but the performance of ability; what they follow is not facts, but carefully crafted narratives. When a person loses the ability to think independently and verify the truth, what they ultimately worship is never the strong, but the illusion of the strong.