it's infantilization from the perspective of those at the bottom, those at the top see it more like crowd control. knowledge is power, if you want power you control knowledge. if you're at the top you want power and to maintain it. it's a potential loss of power to let that go.  let me be clear here, i don't exist in this manner nor do i like it, but my understanding of the world is such that i know people who yearn to be controlled also want to be coddled and that lying to them or half truthing or whatever else gives them warm feelings inside and makes them happy. easier to control is best.  you're not one of these people, you want things they don't want, they only would say they wanted it if you asked them because it's natural to but their life would suffer and so would they. why isn't it reasonable to accept what works and think it's ok when it breaks down because you can build it up a bit different with similar tactics and have it work.  i think you're speaking on an idealist level and not taking into account that there's absolutely no vision that benefits everyone. you have to pick and choose who suffers and how for the sake of others, and you have to make people accept that that's what you're doing. massive scale power can't afford to be so sentimental, although it's a noble and idealistic trait i respect and understand. i love that people who think this way exist and the world needs them... but they're kept weak by sentiment.
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