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Master Thread Dance Your Cares Away/Fraggle/Law Abiding Citizens

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If anal leakage had a face

There is the reason nobody has been indicted, perp walked, tried or convicted. The graft and corruption among both sides of the aisle would wipe out 80-90% of the Legislature. When they get caught they pass a rule, not even a law, a Legislative rule that lets them do all manner of things the rest of us would be jailed for.
 

Collective Evolution

There's real truth here. Banks profit from creating debt, not protecting your savings. Universities sell credentials more than education. Police enforce laws that often protect property over people. These aren't conspiracy theories - they're observable patterns in how incentive structures actually work versus what we're told.
Of course, this insight can lead two ways. One path leads to cynicism and giving up. If everything's rigged, why bother? We see this a lot, and you certainly don't want to get trapped here. The other leads to clearer thinking and better action. If we see how things actually work (Break The Illusion), we can stop participating in the illusion and build alternatives.
Systems don't run on force alone, they need our participation, our belief, our energy. Once we see how they really operate, we can consciously withdraw that energy and redirect it toward structures that actually align with what we value.
The deeper pattern: any system that gets powerful enough will eventually optimize for its own survival rather than its original purpose. This isn't always planned, it's just how complex systems evolve over time.
So the real question is, now that we see the gap between what institutions claim to do and what they actually do, how does that help us build something better? What would institutions look like if they were designed with honest incentives from the start?
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