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We are never deceived we deceive ourselves.
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After a victim is made to participate in an act of evil, the people in charge put a lot of energy into convincing the child or adult that he or she is evil and a perpetrator rather than a victim.p324
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The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist.