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I suppose we are. I generally assume that someone, somewhere, has something to hide: something that benefits me if they're allowed to keep it hidden. History is full of these characters, they keep the establishment in check, prevent it from treating the rest of us too badly.

If the powers that be could know with certainty that all of us planned to behave and would never move against them (or could neutralize those who had been honest about their intent to do so), then I think things would be much worse for the common folk than they are now. It's hard not to see your strategy as a path to that outcome.



> keep the establishment in check

The ultimate subversion of the estabilishment is raw honesty. Honesty produces an environment that disables unjust distribution of power.

> never move against them

That's inaction, not honesty.

> It's hard not to see your strategy as a path to that outcome.

That's ok, my strategy does not require you to understand it. I don't need to create informative material or convince people.


> Honesty produces an environment that disables unjust distribution of power

How does this work?


In theory, I shouldn't need to explain this.




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