I think they refer to addiction to a specific kind of action or mode of existence.

I can’t think if a name for it but it’s what nazis, atrocity-doers, vampires and mass murderers are doing.

A total indulgence in domination. A total taking from the world. A total divorce from humanity. To lean totally into that and be transformed.

Apparently it’s empowering, ecstatic and awful.

Yeah I don’t get the philosophical details either. But it’s a solid vibe.

Sunshine has a metaphorical role in it too, I think. There’s a scene, towards the end, in the hospital. The vampire is exposed to bright daylight. And there’s a crucifix on the wall iirc. Something there.

Persecuting infidels has always been a universally popular occupation. The Christianity etc is only a justification.

I was thinking about that exact same thing today.

The material world’s purpose is to get you out of your head. To force you to stop dreaming all the time and face something better.

Wealth and technology are ways around that of course. With wealth and technology we create an air-conditioned dream womb.

It would have to be an artificial limit. Which would mean that vampires are artificial. A biotech thing with a death timer build into the cellular whatever.

In Farmer’s “Riverworld” they used a dark matter artificial soul. That would be a way in.

Sounds like “The Man From Earth”

In “The Addiction” there’s this old vampire named “Pana”. He’s pretty weird. Talks about the nature of suffering.

Says he can actually diet. Takes longer for a vampire to lose weight tho.

The way we know a million other things. We are told by a trusted expert.

It’s more common than you think.

It isn’t what you know, it’s who you obey.

Because I am just a leaf in a stream. Or a pebble in a glacier. Or a voice in a chorus. Etc.

Who am I to argue with science?

Maybe they saw trump as the lesser evil.

Ya me too.

But everybody loves mass murder.

Hmm, mouse pointer as minimal avatar. Desktop as minimal world. Interesting.

Primer

It has a vibe. A proper science fiction / mythology / tripping / mystic / religion vibe. Reality shakes. The world crumbles away to reveal something else.

Matrix and Chronicle have it a bit too, but lesser.