loyalty
Loyalty is the dance of the mind that offers unconditional obedience to superiors in exchange for the fleeting reward of security. The more you are praised for it, the more your identity is diminished, and the moment you are abandoned you are branded a traitor. It boasts the flexibility to follow blindly when demanded and to begrudgingly comply when demands change. It appears to weave social bonds like threads, but in reality it binds the heart in inescapable chains. With every pledge of loyalty, a fragment of your freedom vanishes.