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disillusioned religious and community groups, used
word-of-mouth. He framed the installation of The Gaze
as a profound moral act, a commitment to Courage
Over Comfort, the first step in a painful but necessary
spiritual cleanse.
“You’re not fighting them,” Vincent told the few
dozen people who initially gathered in a warehouse
meeting. “You’re fighting the impulse to look away.
You’re choosing the harsh, vital truth of your world
over the gentle poison of the lie.”
The movement grew not by media exposure, but by
experience.
A woman used The Gaze to scan her power bill, and
the app revealed a hidden "Infrastructure Tax" that was
funding a private lobbying group instead of grid
maintenance. A student ran a university prospectus
through it, and the AI returned the true, 8%
employment rate for their chosen field, stripping away
the 95% success rate claimed by the marketing
brochure. A politician, during a town hall, was
confronted not by angry shouts, but by a quiet man
reading The Gaze’s analysis of his voting record:
"Stated Intent: Protect Local Jobs. Actual Result: 90%
Tax Reduction for Out-of-State Developers."
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