Divide and Conquer

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Divide and Conquer, an introduction.

Example situation: playing a war game and there is three players. The first two players to start fighting and lose troops and resources will be the losers. This is the basic princible of Divide and Conquer.

There is a program of divide and conquer that is clearly noticable and detectable. The play book is to keep the people focused on and fighting each other based on differences. But the only differences that are important have to do with the issue of abuse and manipulation with lies.

I don't care what dave chappelle said, because that is a fake chappelle, doesn't even look like the old chappelle. Dave Chappelle was clearly replaced with a doppleganger after he started critizing hollywood.

When Trump said that all democratics are in a satanic cult, how many people say to themselves: um, no, all satanists are in a satanic cult.

I see people say in the street say 'oh get these chinese out of here!' the same people who rant about sports when they do casual conversation. How many think "oh ya, a fight between china and usa is just what the bad guys want."

The hidden culture of bad guys who whorships abuse and domination, is only semi-hidden now. Their crimes, agendas, and their play books have become more and more obvious.

People are trained and encouraged to fight each other. But, fighting and war should not be a hobby. They should be done because of serious problems.

Maybe a better way to understand Divide and Conquer is to call it Instigate and Hide. They start fights and laugh at stupid people from the shadows. Don't be one of the stupid people who get tricked. It is not always easy to tell.

The most obvious:

Race vs race. Location vs location. Man vs Woman. Left vs Right. Religions.

What is a better way to explain this concept so that more people can understand?

Another tactic is to lump a target into a group. Example: 'person doesn't trust all authority figures all the time! they are Qanon and a racists!' (and the target did not mention qanon or race) This type of behavior (attempting to frame a target a bigot or qanon) is called glowposting, because of how obvious the intent is.

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[–]jet199 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Divide and conquer tactics were not just about spreading hate and suspicion. In fact in many places they were used to keep the peace, like in Iraq under Saddam or in Russia under the Tzars. (Interesting some people now read these societies as more tolerant when actually they were just highly oppressive if everyone equally).

The idea is more that to keep groups competing for handouts, status and power given out by the rulers, then you never have to worry about them all ganging up against you. You also promise to protect each group from each other, which means they all have to feel threatened. You make sure they are always looking to you for everything they need and to solve all their problems rather than taking responsibility themselves. It's a pain in the arse but it's better than fighting a war for you power. As long as you can keep giving the handouts and token positions it works.

Of course this is exactly what's happening in America at the moment with BLM, CRT and trans rights. It's not just the right with immigration fears, it's also the people who want to hype up racism/transphobia when it's actually in short supply.

Notice most people criticising Chappelle didn't even watch his show. They don't care about what he said, the point is to create a feeling of being under attack among trans people and the young people who support them uncritically. They then look to the rulers to protect them and call for them to oppress the other group rather than trying to reason with the people who offended them.

The other tactics isn't really a top down thing, it's just a bad habit people have gotten into. Matthew Syed talks about it in his book Rebel Ideas. Basically if you assume people who disagree with you are only doing so in bad faith you never have to question your own stance. If anything when people disagree you see it as further proof you are righteous. Here's an extract https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/matthew-syed-book-review-rebel-ideas-social-networks-a9097246.html

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I am sure that chappelle is a doppleganger and not funny. I think trans people are stupid, but I think a lot of people are stupid. The fact that chappelle is doppleganger means his supporting transphobia is a trick, perhaps to gain support from the transphobic community and be established as a trusted authority figure. The rich and powerful who have attacked everyone with harmful injections know that the offense will be registered eventually and want to put the blame on some innocent peoples, but I doubt that plan will work. We are in a serious war. Imagine if soldiers went to war with the nazi's holding transphobic signs and telling hitler to stop being a queer. Wake the fuck up transphobic community, your transphobia is acceptable, but we are in a serious life and death war, is this really the best you can come up with? political trolls?

one side note about saddam: he said if the U.S. can invade East Timor, then he can invade Kuwait. Most people still don't their own countries criminal history because they don't talk to each other, they are glued to mainstream news.

In 1975, East Timor declared independence. Soon after that, East Timor was attacked by indonesian forces. Indonesian dictator wanted them to give up their sovereignty and join indonesia. The attack was approved and funded by the U.S. The news of the war was heavily suppressed. Journalists inside East Timor were killed. Many children and civilians were immediately killed (crowds shot dead with machine guns). Many women were kidnapped and raped. Coffee was grown on their land.

East Timor survived and killed many indonesian forces and took their guns. The war lasted until about 1999 when Australian forces helped liberate East Timor. Two Thirds of East Timor's population was killed.

Before the attack, killings and rapes, East Timor asked the UN for help and to recognize their indepedence. The UN told them they were a "backward" country. A meaningless insult. This is because the UN is and has always been a corrupt and criminal organization.

"The UN's long history of rape and sexual misconduct UN operations in Bosnia during the 1990s was full of reports of rape and sexual abuse of the local population by UN workers. In the late 1990s, up into the present, children orphaned by the conflict in Congo thought they'd find refuge at UN peacekeeping camps, but instead the majority of.."

[–]Drewski 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

What is a better way to explain this concept so that more people can understand?

Read the book The Art of War by Sun Tzu

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

the art of war is about a lot of different stuff like the old principle of demostrating murder to your troops to enforce their compliance. and does not apply here. this is a war of souls, spirits and programs who can not be killed, only altered. souls are an information bank that are altered with theorpy. Earth could be beacon of compassion that shocks the whole universe. I know you don't want to hear this. when the warriors are called down off the mountain, they are serious as fuk and intent to fix all the universes problems. My warrior spirit has told me that the clue is how to show compassion, but the problem is not simple. compassion is an overloaded word. the people who are stuck in a war game psychology and the people who are stuck in patterns of abuse cry out for help. If I was to say I know the way back home, I would be lying. But, i wished i knew the way back home for everyone, and that is a start. I dream that compassion is space ship deep in the ocean of our dreams that cracks open and comes to life as these words are read and calls to us all to enter and learn about the mystery of compassion that seems to be law of nature and a law of majority.

[–]Drewski 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Read it again, The Art of War applies to much more than physical warfare.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

18 . All warfare is based on deception.

In my opinion, must things are warfare. Everytime you go to work it is a war mission. If you want to hunt, fish, live off the land, its a war mission. If you want to tell someone something, warfare mission. and, not all warfare is deception. sometimes you are trying to dicuss truth and science with your enemy because ultimately there shall be a parting from the engagement (perhaps death) or there shall be a peace treaty established and the enemy will be not an enemy. I don't feel persuaded to read anymore of the art of war tips and tricks. please let me know why I should keep reading. the book does not interest me. if you want to tell me something, will you not paraphrase?