Divide and Conquer

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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

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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.."