free market capitalism is a system of voting

 You vote everyday on things by how you spend your money. You don't need to select a party that comes with prepackage beliefs. If you want more of something spend money on it. Its a way of voting without election and oversight. Free market capitalism the the best voting system.

live in a simulation or not

 Assume we live in a simulation. The algorithm must have data that represents points because computers are discrete. We know from relativity that there is no absolute positions. That is a contradiction so we don't live in a simulation equivalent to the Turing machine.

why groups that rule by fear can never forgive

If they forgave people for past actions then people that are currently afraid of being revealed would be less afraid because they know there is a forgiveness path. That would cause the group to have less control so they must never forgive.