Also, the authority forces individuals into acts that bind them tighter to the regime while isolating them from other options. Ex: "Bob wants to join the resis

Also, the authority forces individuals into acts that bind them tighter to the regime while isolating them from other options. Ex: "Bob wants to join the resistance. He says he was lying about the loyalty oath the oppressors." "I dunno, even if Bob was always lying about that, it still makes him the kind of person who would deceive people in order to keep his job, so I'm not sure we can trust him either."