imagine beeing on the reciving end of this argument battling the battle of the worlds and someone takes you to the side to say" hey boss, many many are not happy about this!"
i know how i would react.
no, ignore him. every other action would take the attention away from important things.
>since we cannot be certain it is reasonable to question why we are in the dark
You should know by know why we are keept in the dark. this is war.
moves and countermoves and (You) are just a pawn in that game.
We are important in a way, but not in the way (You) think.
what´s arrogant in setting priorites? you never had to decide what is important ?