As reality slips away, you see can the simulacrum forming and sucking millions of people into the vortex. The progress of a simulacrum is that it starts with a reflection of a profound reality, then masks it, and then unties it from reality entirely. Thus, a simulacrum is anti-realty. When people enter into this "Twilight Zone" state, you can lie to them with impunity and they won't know the difference.
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