To this end, I've long held that Zed Shaw's blindness was in his misunderstanding of how authoritarian inner sancta tend to work in times of social or ideologic

To this end, I've long held that Zed Shaw's blindness was in his misunderstanding of how authoritarian inner sancta tend to work in times of social or ideological crisis. Some protection happens, but the lion's share of the work undertaken is purification, especially when the list of targets external to that inner sanctum has been exhausted.