The Paradox of Virtuality

In our so-called cynical era, for example, I don't think anyone believes in democracy, but nonetheless we want to maintain a period of time. That is to say, there is some purely virtual entity whom we do not want to disappoint. So the paradox is that although nobody effectively believes, it is enough that everybody proposes somebody, someone else to believe and the belief is actual,. It structures reality, it functions.