Reading It

Rollo confronts Badge: 'You reported me?' Badge says it was for Rollo's own good. Rollo asks what Badge said. Badge answers: 'The truth. That's care.' The betrayal is complete and fully rationalized -- Badge has internalized the system's definition of friendship so thoroughly that reporting a friend IS caring for them. You've been undermined by a colleague who genuinely believed they were helping.

Deeper Read

The most effective informants aren't cynical. They're sincere. They believe reporting you is love, and that's what makes it irreversible.