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"cautionary", "real life vs", "Nothing is more difficult or dangerous", "exist purely in that imagination".

You're claiming that real life is always as in this episode; and so, I guess, that you should never oppose someone at an higher position? Or with more power?

It's healthy to be aware of the possibility that things could go this way, but it's definitely not a guarantee that they will; in some environments it's more likely to happen, in others more likely to not happen.

But if we always acted as selfish cynics, then yeah, real life would be guaranteed to be what you describe




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