Game theory of simulacrum stages:
If everyone else is truthful, lying wins.
If everyone else is lying, not taking them seriously wins.
If everyone else is not taking anyone else seriously, there is no need to pretend.
real life game theory is usually not that simple. it depends on in what way everyone else is truthful, whether they can produce an interlocking wall of strategies that makes lying reliably a bad strategy.
Game theory of simulacrum stages:
If everyone else is truthful, lying wins.
If everyone else is lying, not taking them seriously wins.
If everyone else is not taking anyone else seriously, there is no need to pretend.
real life game theory is usually not that simple. it depends on in what way everyone else is truthful, whether they can produce an interlocking wall of strategies that makes lying reliably a bad strategy.