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...where everyone is after magic squares. Acquire magic squares. Deploy squares to make other people do things in order to acquire your magic squares.

X's already own 95% of the magic squares, while Y's own the rest.

Y's outnumber X's by 100-to-1.

Late in the game, about half of the Y's decide they are going to start pretending they're X's. There's nothing better than being an X, but some Y's have figured out they can get .0001(X) perks if they pretend to be X's.

Pretty soon most of the Y's are pretending they're X's, and the game itself has mostly stalled for everyone but the real X's.

Some Y's are Z's, who are starting to wake up.

Z's start saying we need to start a new game, or maybe find a new one, but at least figure out what culprit has ruined the one we are currently playing.

All the Y's, who have lost any concept of freedom or agency within the game, continue giving away the magic squares they still possess to the X's, so they can keep pretending they are X's.

Z's point to the Y's and say: "You aren't playing the same game anymore. They've made a game within a game for you. In fact, many little non-games within games. It's a casino. You're losing."

And the Y's smugly criticize the Z's for being angry.

The one thing that causes a Y to lose at pretending to be an X is to be angry, or negative, or to criticize. For if a person is an X, then he/she is a winner, and a winner would never complain, else it wouldn't be best to be a winner. And it is always best to be a winner. No Y will be caught criticizing the game, because if you criticize a game, you can't be its winner.

As the X's now go about changing the rules frequently, they make it even worse for Y's. The rules now make it impossible for most Y's to win the game, even if they stopped pretending.

Z says, "Look, they're changing the rules. You're not even really playing anymore."

A Y, who owns nothing but a game piece that slightly resembles an X, responds: "Look at this angry guy. You mad? Your fragility is showing."

Both Y and Z can't even move their game pieces anymore. The rule is X's get to decide about all non-X moves on an individual basis.

The X doesn't even have to be at the game board anymore. They shout their rules on the fly from another floor of the house.

An X from upstairs shouts: "Sit down and play! The game is not over. You must play."

Z replies: "Then I won't move. I'll block your game from continuing. If you try to move for me, then there is no game anymore."

Y can be heard: "I'm so sick of these angry Z's. I can't imagine it myself, what anger is like, since I'm not a loser."

Z says: "I'm no loser, you degenerate. You are." Z moves his piece to show Y that he is not the real loser. He can at least beat a Y.

All the X's are smiling.