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Character masks






  Character masks are understood when people 'act out' roles, voluntarily, necessarily or forced. Under the circumstance, true intentions may get masked, things seem other than they are, a public face and private thoughts fork. Activities can have broad social implications that people prefer not know about. Whether they are unaware or surmise, they disconnect from real causes. Even if masking is plain to see, the difference between people and their roles might be unknown.



People are known to wear masks, abandon their masks, engage in a masquerade or become unmasked.



  Things get tricky, life can be riddled with contradictions. To alleviate an awkward or difficult moment people have to 'act'. They take on disguises, they hide their true character, they present themselves other than they really are. People can have inklings to what 's going on, though they can't place it. The masks people adopt about an unfamiliar experience might make you wonder, though, you have no reason to believe. Either way, significance is disregarded, downplayed or assimulated to something familiar.



  Whether this involves a deliberate deceipt or ruse, depends on true motivation. People might not even know, themselves. Though people depend on others with trust, there is room for deception, people don't want to be gullible, the wool pulled over their eyes.



  Karl Marx said we should hold on to a healthy sense of doubt, take things with a grain of salt, in order to not be fooled by what seems obvious or self-evident.



  Buyers and sellers compete with their equals. Businesses compete in costs, sales, profits and so much more, its unheard of without confidentiality and secrecy. Workers compete for jobs and access to resources. Capitalists and workers compete for shares in the new wealth. Nations compete with other nations.



  Masks are not optional, but necessary. The more you know about others, the more subtle, sincere and sophisticated masks become.





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