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TV Tropes refers to a similar idea as a "Fawlty Towers Plot", where a small lie is protected from scrutiny by another lie, and that lie with another lie, a vicious cycle that continues until the lie becomes unsustainable, the truth is revealed, and everything comes crashing down on Basil, cue theme and credits.They brought up a good point about Lowtax, something they'd observed from working closely with him for a long time.
Namely, he never admitted he was wrong about anything; he'd keep doubling down no matter how stupid it became. This is a recurring theme with Lowtax, up through the last chapter in his life: especially when he was doing shit like offering to double-refund all his patreonbux if he was ever busted for DV.
You can only fuck your life up so many times before you reach the stage where eating a 5.7x28mm round is an option so appealing that even the Samaritans would say "no, no, yeah fair enough mate".
Given his complete and utter inability to learn from his mistakes, he clearly had an exceptionally thick skull. We should have recognised that his FN FiveSeven was a cry for help.