> one who shines light on a plan to kill the autocrat be highly rewarded? Or tortured to death to squeeze out every last tidbit they know about the plot. Loya

> one who shines light on a plan to kill the autocrat be highly rewarded? Or tortured to death to squeeze out every last tidbit they know about the plot. Loyalty is not always rewarded. It is a common tactic of autocrats to sow a community of pathological paranoia and distrust; I've read accounts of figures ranging from Toussaint to Franco to Stalin all playing a similar game -- you tell the dictator about some corruption or plot, and they tell the person you were informing on. I think it's more fun for them that way. In any case in that sort of environment it's not hard to imagine keeping quiet about a plot to off the boss, even if you kinda like the boss.