>>13034410The best is ignorance, and even better, incredulity. If something is true, but this truth causes discomfort and you are powerless to change this fact, it is best to refuse to believe this truth and instead believe something that doesn't cause suffering. Things like faith in God/Heaven replace the fear of death with something pleasant.
You want to do this so long as refusing to accept the truth doesn't result in more pain, suffering, or misfortune than acknowledging the truth. This can be tricky to walk, but generally, if the truth in question doesn't directly impact your life, such as politics, theism, or anything like that, then the best bet is to be incredulous and deny the reality of these things, instead replacing them with beliefs and understandings that don't cause you suffering to acknowledge.
This is a tactic used with children to keep them contented in the face of painful parts of reality such as death. Instead of "They are dead and you will never talk to them again", this becomes "They went to heaven, and you will see them again some day." It's a much more pleasant thought, and this helps people cope with reality much easier than acknowledging the truth.
This strategy also makes it harder for propagandists to exploit you. The less truth you accept, then the less you seek out resolutions to painful truths with define your life. When you don't seek a resolution, the resolutions offered by the propagandists are meaningless because you don't believe there is truly a problem to begin with, and you don't believe their offer of a solution is real either.
