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Its a display of strength by cruelty. You stab someone, twist the knife and lie to his face "I would never do that!"( and everybody will repeat my version and y
by ashoeafoot 2y ago
Its a display of strength by cruelty. You stab someone, twist the knife and lie to his face "I would never do that!"( and everybody will repeat my version and you can do nothing but suffer). The lie is a power demonstration .
- Terr_ 2y agoTo recycle [0] some comments on how "obvious" lies still have layers of evil utility: > Forcing victims to compromise themselves is part of the strategy. Even as a lie, it demoralizes them, binds them to your organization, and isolates them from one-another. [...] > "Bob wants to join the resistance. He says he was lying about the loyalty oath [to] 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." [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42850644 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42850644