asanagi got flag killed, probably for too many "trigger words" but the idea, expressed, phrased somewhat more politely, is people will lie to gain control and p

asanagi got flag killed, probably for too many "trigger words" but the idea, expressed, phrased somewhat more politely, is people will lie to gain control and power and one thing to lie about is the rules. (edited to add and the most important rule to lie about is that "nobody is taught lies about the rules") So the bigger and more complicated a culture is (you know, like ours?), the more likely the rules as taught are lies vs the rules as how the world actually works. So unsurprisingly following the rules as taught isn't going to work very well for everyone. The folks who want to maintain control can fight that little problem by all manner of social engineering. Let people vote, but only between irrelevant decisions never the important stuff. Guilt trips. Threats (see religion and eternal damnation for all heretics). Anecdotal examples in the place of actual societal trends (the token xyz in a group, etc). Good ole fashioned bread and circuses, ya see the baseball game last night and how bout that game of thrones episode?