The concept coming into play now is known as "common knowledge of the fraud".
That is, it's one thing to have personal knowledge of a fraud, and it's another to know that everybody else knows about the fraud too. Your actions will be different in either case.
To illustrate: You're on an island full of head-hunters. The shaman is maintaining control over them with his power of fire, which you see is an old Zippo from WW2. Are you going to stand up and call him as a fake-ass witch doctor?
Most will only if they think they can then take power because they call out the fraud themselves.
Dangerous game....they may be first mover...but perhaps not to their advantage. As they may be struck down....and killed by blind zealots....this then informs others to be more cautious and act in secret...
Or...they may attempt to join the side of the shaman...approach and mention that they know the secret...but they will be a pawn for power.....a slice of the proverbial pie.
The concept coming into play now is known as "common knowledge of the fraud".
That is, it's one thing to have personal knowledge of a fraud, and it's another to know that everybody else knows about the fraud too. Your actions will be different in either case.
To illustrate: You're on an island full of head-hunters. The shaman is maintaining control over them with his power of fire, which you see is an old Zippo from WW2. Are you going to stand up and call him as a fake-ass witch doctor?
Most will only if they think they can then take power because they call out the fraud themselves.
Dangerous game....they may be first mover...but perhaps not to their advantage. As they may be struck down....and killed by blind zealots....this then informs others to be more cautious and act in secret...
Or...they may attempt to join the side of the shaman...approach and mention that they know the secret...but they will be a pawn for power.....a slice of the proverbial pie.