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257. Tacitus Trap


"A plan that doesn't exist in reality" Yan Xiuze repeated in a low voice what Hei Xing had said, looking a little lost.

"But I'm very surprised that when I concocted that unwarranted evil plan in front of you, you almost didn't question it, and you believed it so easily" Blackstar said in a mocking tone: "That's right, I did give you a top-secret information that seems to be highly credible, and to corroborate your lies, your ingenuity, and brain modified by secret medicine, if you really look closely, you will definitely find some of the loopholes" "But you don't."

"I wonder if you haven't even carefully analyzed the information I gave you."

For Heixing's questioning, Yan Xiuze could only be silent, he was right, after learning the "truth" two years ago, he only took a cursory look at the "top-secret information" left by Heixing that night, and the next day he angrily went to the base of Tiandu Metro Line 1 to ask for guilt.

And it is precisely because of this that there are so many twists and turns after that "But I don't blame you, since I can make up such a lie, I naturally have the confidence not to be seen through by you."

Blackstar asked, not unobtrusively, "Do you know about the Tacitus Trap?"

The term "Tacitus trap" may not be familiar to ordinary people, but Yan Xiuze knows something about it because of the elective courses in college.

The "Tacitus Trap" is named after the Roman historian Tacitus.

This concept originally came from Tacitus's History of Tacitus, in the words of Tacitus about a Roman emperor: "Once the emperor has become the object of hatred, the good and bad things he does will arouse the same dislike for him."

Later, it was extended by Chinese scholars to become a modern social phenomenon, which refers to when a government department or an organization loses credibility, whether it is telling the truth or not, doing good or bad things, it will be regarded as telling lies and doing bad things.

Excerpt from xx encyclopedia When Hei Xing saw Yan Xiuze's ugly face in front of him, he knew that he was no stranger to this concept, and couldn't help but smile slightly: "He is worthy of being a top student in the field of humanities and social sciences, but I have explained it with some words." ” "Do you know where the most ridiculous part of the whole thing is?"

"The most ridiculous thing is that not only you, but the victim of the lie I have woven easily believed what I said, and even the perpetrators who belong to the Huaxia government easily believed it when they heard about this evil plan, and they didn't even think to ask the higher authorities to verify whether it was true back then."

"Look, whether it is Zheng Zhu, Wang Zheng or even Inspector Su Shaoqing, these insiders of the Huaxia government almost believe that the Huaxia government has committed such atrocities without any evidence."

"It's like a patient in a psychiatric hospital who suddenly dies one day, and all the other mentally ill people point at a security guard and yell: You killed him."

"And the first thought that popped into the mind of this security guard was not to defend himself, but that although I didn't kill this person, it must have been done by my accomplices."

"Ridiculous, but so what, the world has always been ridiculous."

"Do you know what you are doing wrong, whether it is you, Zheng Zhu, Wang Zheng, Inspector Tiandu, or ordinary people, all the people who easily believe this lie."

"It's not because of how clever my strategy is, or how flawless this lie is, that one of the fatal mistakes you make is to easily see an organization, a group, or even a country as an individual with an anthropomorphic character."

Yan Xiuze was stunned.

"Look at the people who oppose the government and the country on a daily basis, what do they call the object of their opposition on a daily basis" "Evil, dark, disgusting" "It's really disgusting for me to look at them."

Black Star said coldly: "What a naïve, stupid, and unthinking person would use such a stupid adjective to describe an organization or group with many factions, a large number of people, and countless conflicting opinions?"

"In their brains, which are comparable to single-celled organisms, they may only be able to quantify all the conflicts in the world into the simplest binary opposition, and barely make their brains like a ball of to justify themselves."

"Is it really possible for all of the people in a government to be good or bad in any group, and can it really be summed up in a few simple adjectives?"

"When the vast majority of people are violated by this stereotype in their own group, they will always stand up and shout for their group, calling on everyone not to generalize, but once they judge other unfamiliar groups, they pick up this stereotype that they hated a second ago, and carry this stereotype all the way to their own grave."

At this moment, a cloud slowly drifted from a distance, which happened to cover the sun that was still shining in the last second, and the open-air balcony that was originally bathed in sunlight instantly darkened, and even Yan Xiuze's face dimmed a little.

Hei Xing and the rock soldiers behind him just stood there motionless, staring at Yan Xiuze in front of him with a cold gaze, and in the end, Hei Xing slowly spoke: "Your birthday is coming soon."

"This is a birthday gift for you."

The pattern on Black Star's face suddenly changed to a smiling face at this moment: "Happy birthday." ” Above the sky, the clouds that obscured the sunlight finally drifted by, and the open-air balcony became bright again, but by this time, the place where the rock soldiers and the black star had stood was empty, as if the two of them had never been here.

The sunlight became a little dazzling, Yan Xiuze, who had been standing still, came back to his senses, turned his head and rubbed his eyes without pupils, he turned his head stiffly, but found that at the transparent glass sliding door connected to the living room, Xiao Mo, Ju Yiting and others were silently looking at him.

Originally, the hearing of the superpower was far beyond that of ordinary people, and when the black star came, he didn't hide his tracks at all, so he was naturally discovered by the people in the living room for the first time, and they also heard the conversation between them clearly through the glass just now.

Yan Xiuze pursed his lips and didn't speak, just opened the glass sliding door, lowered his head, passed the same silent crowd, and staggered back to his bedroom "I said," Xiao Mo hesitated for a moment, but finally broke the strange silence in the living room: "Let's" "Are you still going to eat this meal":