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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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What is required (or soon will be more strictly) is honestly answering questions about any social media you've used:


  • For regular US visa applications (Form DS-160): Since 2019, there's a mandatory section asking for usernames/handles from platforms (including Facebook) used in the past 5 years. If you have none, you select "none" or leave it blank as applicable—it's the disclosure that's required, not having accounts.
  • For ESTA (Visa Waiver Program, like for short tourist/business trips from Belgium/Netherlands/EU countries): Social media questions have been on the form for years (added around 2016-2019), but disclosure was more optional/voluntary until recently. As of late 2025 proposals (still in comment period as of January 2026), it's moving to mandatory—you'll have to provide handles from the past 5 years or explicitly state you have none. Expected to kick in fully around February 2026 or soon after. Inaccurate answers could lead to denial.
 
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