The problem with recruiting exception people to do your dirty work under even remotely false pretenses is that you only have those remarkable people until they catch on.
They all you have are problems and exploding bases.
If I was naming it, I'd call it something like 'The Red Room Failure State'.
The ssheme keeps getting tried because the people running it think they're the smartest person in the galaxy. It it keeps failing like that, because lying again and again is hard. It's energy intensive to put together a front that doesn't match reality, especially when exceptional people are checking what they hear against what they see out in the wild.
Not that there can't be a lot of damage - maybe even from some perspectives enough damage - done before that point comes around. There can be tremendous amounts of damage.
I'm willing to let the long game play and trust in Corwin's curse to provide nudges when most effective though. The playing field here is tilted toward justice, no matter what Ohtori thinks.
They all you have are problems and exploding bases.
If I was naming it, I'd call it something like 'The Red Room Failure State'.
The ssheme keeps getting tried because the people running it think they're the smartest person in the galaxy. It it keeps failing like that, because lying again and again is hard. It's energy intensive to put together a front that doesn't match reality, especially when exceptional people are checking what they hear against what they see out in the wild.
Not that there can't be a lot of damage - maybe even from some perspectives enough damage - done before that point comes around. There can be tremendous amounts of damage.
I'm willing to let the long game play and trust in Corwin's curse to provide nudges when most effective though. The playing field here is tilted toward justice, no matter what Ohtori thinks.