The fact still remains you have hundreds of people that are living 24/7 their entire lives with a different reality. Fabricating peole who simply don't exist in other peoples lives is not a one off open/closed event.
And your point is ...?
The consolidation of the States into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it. --General Robert E Lee