The more inscrutable the world becomes to the average person, the more we collectively lose our ability to tell the difference between heroes and villains. Complexity breeds confusion.

This creates a situation in which villains can either hide more easily behind masks of benevolence, or where would-be heroes are fooled into playing the part of a villain due to the ways malice masquerades itself.

Shadow of The Cave-escaper

In stories such as Flatland or the Cave Allegory fou...