Preference Falsification

The gap between public conformity and private belief is not just hypocrisy—it's a structural feature of all social systems that creates a hidden reservoir of dissent invisible to surveys, elections, and even close observation. Revolutions and market crashes aren't caused by sudden changes in opinion but by sudden changes in the cost of expressing opinions that were already held. The most dangerous instability in any system is the kind you cannot measure.

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