I saw a post earlier of a supposed 4chan leaker that got deleted, that basically contained the sentiment of an insider who was tortured by this information being requested by the public. I’m sure you could find it somewhere (I couldn’t) they pretty much were saying that because of what they knew, they wished they never knew. They described a pretty horrific yet plausible scenario, where we have extremely limited information and are mostly at the mercy of whatever “it” is with all we have being horror stories and questions.
I have no idea if it was legit and I don’t really wanna argue about it because it sparked ideas that are relevant even if it was a LARP
The post mentioned above sparked a train of thought that I had I couple of times but mostly brushed it off in the past,
how would I feel if it was my responsibility to be a part of whatever is going on to keep these secrets from a person like me?
I’m sure you’ve all asked yourself this before and had varying levels of consideration on that, but for me what was new was the thought that someone who’s keeping the secret and is deeply traumatized by the existence of that information could quite possibly react to the pro disclosure movement in a very volatile way.
So take a minute to really put yourself in those shoes…. your forced to lie to everyone in your life 24/7 if your even allowed contact with the world at all… your monitored by a person likely 24/7 who is dedicated to rooting out leaks and improper handling of information…. your constantly bombarded with reasons why it should be secret…. your possibly in hostile contact with NHI every single day …. or worse. You could imagine things being much worse for an actual individual who’s involved in maintaining this apparatus.
Now turn around and tell that person that Joe blow wants to be on his level of knowledge and be traumatized with reality like you are; how would you react ?
Would you immediately call up Ross and spill the beans? Major media outlets all have emails; and you can bet your ass they won’t miss something if you send it once and it’s legit. It would be exceedingly easy physically to do that in the modern world, and think about how suppressive a force would have to be for an actual human being to be suppressed from their free will with near 100% efficiency.
Incredibly suppressive. It obviously is so because even those in the public are obviously and overtly paranoid about their safety and their ability to retain their autonomy.
The force that’s threatening them must be powerful indeed and its not hard to imagine how a government could create this kind of pressure on an individual.
We all know it exists but very few of us have been on the other side with first hand experience of keeping a secret under pressure from external influences vastly more capable than you.
Now with all this in mind I asked myself simply, how would I be doing right now based on the external news if I knew whatever that secret was and overwhelmingly it felt like I would be sick.
I get it in a way now,one of the main forces that is keeping this secret “secret” is the existential horror of those who are involved in keeping the secret.
The fear of being demonized for doing what they were forced to do by others must be downright paralyzing and it was designed to be that way.
You can dismiss that perspective by saying that their the good Ole boys and they want to keep it secret for money; but at this point it’s rather clear they’d make MUCH more money by just putting the cards on the table. You can dismiss them because you think; I think people should have the chance to think for themselves blah blah but this too is irrelevant in the face of one’s personal safety. That’s how individualist society’s work and that’s what were in.
The reality is; these people need desperately to be forgiven, cared for and appreciated for dealing with the situation in any way. The reconciliation part of truth and reconciliation must be something that’s real and has real weight behind it in order to signal to those on the inside that it’s okay to share their deepest fears, regrets and actions in a way that’s productive and won’t harm them.
They need to know that sharing what they know won’t amount to more pain than what they’ve been doing and it’s our responsibility to show that attitude to them.
May be hard for some of you with either vitriol or fear in your heart to feel this but the reality is blaming them and seeking retribution is creating a self fulfilling prophecy that they see coming and are better equipped to handle than people without their understanding.
Part of seeking the truth is also acknowledging that retribution for those who would keep it from you unjustly, revenge, is often ill-advised.
On the super off chance that someone in the know reads this reddit post; I sincerely hope your dealing with all of this in a healthy way; and giving yourself what you need to keep going. I’m sure alot of people on the inside feel all this blame and heat and think “what about all the good stuff, why can’t they say thank you for what we’ve protected them from?” And I’ll say it’s hard to be thankful for a fundamentally sick society (ours) but I am thankful if you can find a way to cope with this and even come around to the idea that your experience should be shared. People with negative reactions and emotions will get washed by those thankful to know the truth and put the water under the bridge.
I hope you can find the bravery in your heart to support that idea for your own species and future.
It’s more productive if we live in an open society and it shouldn’t be your job to shoulder the pain and confusion of an entire species.
Merry Christmas yall.
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