Operator’s Manual: Operating Axioms

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1. The tendency of those in power is to remain in power – Whether their means or motives are legitimate or otherwise, those with an advantage who recognize their advantage will actively work to preserve their advantage
2. Entropy is the substrate and end result of all social systems – Any ordered social system is necessarily temporary by virtue of its constituent members’ longevity and will become imbalanced over time
3. Social systems are governed by the the basest activities of their constituents – Any social system which includes individuals willing to take malicious action against fellow members will reward malicious action
4. Knowledge is the denominator of currency – Any currency’s face value is bound to a complex system of trust on the part of those who accept use of the currency whereas its actual value is known only to those who can effectively control the trust of those who accept use of the currency
5. Distribution of knowledge favors the possessor of knowledge – Any transaction involving a party which possesses greater knowledge of and greater forethought toward the transaction’s outcome has the effect of a conspiracy against other participants in the transaction
6. Useful knowledge is never common knowledge – Any knowledge purported to be useful and provided freely is propaganda
7. Secrecy is an offensive tactic – Any group which employs secrecy does so to preemptively undermine the potential for others to disband it and increase the number of opportunities for its members infiltrate other groups