Contrivance. Human history beliefs, contrived. Humans, one against another. Competition. Competing for dominance. Control. Ideologies, etched and molded. Propaganda. Narratives forming legions. Civilization, built on competing fictive controls. Designed by the few, manipulating the many. Coerce thought. Build belief systems. Enhance power. Develop mindscapes of subversion, authority. Power, control. Narratives building one on the other. All Human conflict manipulated, narrative derived. Modernity, web of control. Civilizationβs scaffolding, beliefs tenuously built. Tipping on the shifting sands of contrivance.