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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

have you watch cgp Grey's video called rules for rulers? I think therein lies a lot of answers. the TL;DW version is that rulers need to keep their other top ministers happy lest they revolt. they have no such strong incentive to cater to the common people. I suspect while keeping the ministers happy they engage in either illegal or not entirely legal actions at least once in a while. indeed to rise as a ruler you probably can't be too moral either.

so of course they don't want to take away their tools that help them stay in power. I think the solution lies in what we accept from leaders in terms of amoral conduct. and there's the conundrum. this needs to be a society wide thing where the vast majority recognize blamrnshifting, gaslighting, moving the goalposts and so on. and don't accept to be manipulated and lied to that way. most people simply don't care. and most people also use these exact same manipulation tools in their life as well. which in turn means they don't want that taken away either.

that's essentially exactly what we see play out in reddit too. most people can't be bothered to act on spez's selfishness. and the mods who by rights should be bothered cling to hard to their own little fiefdoms of absolute power.