Why only a Minority "Sees Through" the deception
Here are the main factors that enable a tiny slice of the population to actually grasp power structures:
1) Cognitive profile -> Higher tolerance for discomfort, skepticism, and pattern recognition.
- Most people's minds shut down when reality contradicts their emotional need for safety.
The Ego is a hell of a drug and as Mark Twain said:
"It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled"
This is by far the most important factor - most people are too mentally weak - they want their safety blanket, not the truth.
2) Historical literacy -> Actually studying prior collapses, currency resets, war cycles, and propaganda regimes.
- History rhymes, but the average person has zero exposure to it beyond sanitized school versions.
3) Psychological detachment -> Ability to accept that "leaders" and "institutions" are not benevolent caretakers, but power-maximizers.
- This is so alien to the mainstream psyche that it feels conspiratorial even when empirically obvious.
4) Direct exposure -> Travel, insider work, living under multiple regimes.
- Someone who has lived under both Western and authoritarian governments is far more likely to spot the same methods being used under different branding.
The Meta-Play
The most profitable moves are where human psychology blinds the herd the hardest:
- They believe in freedom -> bet on surveillance.
- They believe in peace -> bet on war cycles.
- They believe in democracy -> bet on technocracy.
- They believe in decentralization -> bet on centralization.
That disconnect is the edge.