1/ everyone always wins the game they’re playing
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2/ How could they not? They control every aspect of how the game is defined. We design it to win
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3/ Most popular games are those right around the bull’s eye of success. Close enough that no one will know they weren’t actually trying to succeed
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4/ for ex, “I’m trying my best.” Goal is to show everyone they’re doing their very best. But that’s not quite the same as succeeding
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5/ or “I’m sacrificing greatly,” which confuses the sacrifices sometimes necessary to succeed, with the sacrifices as an end in themselves
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6/ Or “I’m right.” This often leads to proving you can’t succeed, which is much easier than actually succeeding and still wins the game
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7/ Or “I could succeed if I wanted to.” This leads to making a show of how you don’t want to all the time
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8/ Or “I would succeed but I don’t want to hurt ppl.” Common with nonprofit types. Leads to diminishing themselves & others in attempt to be martyrs
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Hey you rediscovered Eric Berne games 
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