“The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others.” — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Selling out to finance is a bit passé -- it's almost an indictment of your value. If you were truly that valuable, you’d be sitting pretty in an absurdly overpaid, fake role at a tech behemoth.
See: Prince Harry
The main condition that enables mass gaslighting isn’t the gaslighter’s ability to lie, but the self-doubt and demoralization of the people being gaslit.