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.