“It usually goes something like this. First, they try to fascinate you with their representations. It’s best if you just go along from the outset because their toys interest you. If that doesn’t work, then they simply start depriving you of everything meaningful until the shiny representations they have on offer appear like a paradise compared to the poverty their deprivations imposed. At that point, you are actually grateful to be co-opted. Hell, you’re just waiting for the chance to volunteer, and probably competing for it. Of course, what was taken away to begin with is irreplaceable. So, thereafter, the game lies with the enemy, who now appears, unthinkably, as the source from which all possible abundance must and shall be produced.”

— an anonymous informant