The Tyrant does not exist in a vacuum.
He depends on an extremely warped public ideology to thrive and hold power.
The people - the poor citizens - are truly certain they are the “chosen people.” Without this deeply flawed belief in their own supremacy they could not exist. That’s why they repeat the mantra so frequently - to keep the blinders to their own despair firmly in place. Because it’s obvious no one could handle such living conditions without the brainwashing. They must see themselves and their struggle as the purest of all.
The Tyrant plays on liberal attitudes and moral deprivation to hold on to power at all costs, curtailing freedom and liberty every step of the way. The people - despite the fact that it’s a rigged game, despite the fact that the leaders and the elites educate, then nepotize their young into power at the select few institutions - play along.
They know no other way.
It’s heartbreaking.
But enough about New Yorkers…
