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yes. great point, egm.
my thought is that the current cardre who are needle-heading project cull-19 are likewise deluded into the truth of their own rhetoric and have 'rubed' themselves instead exposing the game in their having forgotten that the real purpose of the game was power and control even more than saving the planet from useless eaters. their progenitors/predecessors were far more 'wise' and cary and didn't lose track of the game's end.
curiously enough, it reminds of the small arc within the hunger games movie 1, in which the game mc became enamoured of the ratings and forgot that the real purpose wasn't the entertainment, and was instead the removal of hope. great scene here: 'hope is stronger than fear. a little hope is fine. contain it!'