Mystification makes slavery seem natural and thus blocks even the dream of revolt

Evidence

The slave is submissive when one has succeeded in mystifying him in such a way that his situation does not seem to him to be imposed by men, but to be immediately given by nature, by the gods, by the powers against whom revolt has no meaning; thus, he does not accept his condition through a resignation of his freedom since he can not even dream of any other; and in his relationships with his friends, for example, he can live as a free and moral man within this world where his ignorance has enclosed him. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity, 88

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines mystification as the mechanism that makes oppression appear natural rather than imposed — a key precondition for identifying bad-faith slave submission.