No, the idea of being persecuted for what you believe and then in turn, lying in public about it is not a new idea. However, formalizing the concept this way a

No, the idea of being persecuted for what you believe and then in turn, lying in public about it is not a new idea. However, formalizing the concept this way allowed the further step of the preference cascade, and that, while also not exactly new in practice, was a more enlightening concept.