Liza Mazel: I think one really core commonalities is: Tyrants of any size control group, in any field or context, do not see you as a three dimensional other person with thoughts and feelings of your own. They hate it. They want to make an object of you. They will do all they can to prevent your authenticity.

the first, second and third most important news stories this week are about the SCOTUS decision, and every columnist spending their time talking about biden old is telling you what they value. we don’t have to indulge them, though, stop your subs, stop clicking, stop talking about them.

I always assumed if a group wanted to overthrow US it would take some level of intelligence and skill. Instead it's just fucking dumb through and through.

Allways been like that . Nobody who ever overthrew a government via some form of coup was actually all that smart or competent afterwards.

yep. it's more chutzpah than anything else. Normal people are so taken aback they don't know how to respond. That's 80% of the problem. At least. Then you get bulldozed. Which is very much what's happened with the establishments. They tried to play by the rules and these fucks play Calvinball.

Basically they use the same techniques as any abusers (I like the term narcissistic abuse as it's specific and particularly apt, but not gonna go to the mat over it), only scaled up. It would behoove all of us to become much more savvy about this shit, i feel. How to spot it, how to respond.

to wit: the usual intimidation techniques, but also gaslighting and pre-emptive as well as after the fact DARVO are huge. Using third parties to triangulate and act as flying monkeys. Scapegoating. Manipulating vulnerable people with love bombing, then various cult techniques to keep em in line.

Imo, it's (narcissistic) abuse>cult> tyrannical regime. The only real difference is scale (and there are specifics to large scale that need more/different techniques than escaping a cult or individual relationship in the context of a larger democratic society)

...which i don't claim to know much about. Now would probably be a good time to learn from people who've survived actual authoritarian regimes. As per cults, I recommend becoming familiar with this: freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-co...

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On a more personal level-romance, family, friends, maybe even work--I really like Dr Ramani and Patrick Teahan for narcissistic abuse and recovering from crappy childhoods, respectively. www.youtube.com/@DoctorRamani www.youtube.com/@patrickteah...

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I think one really core commonalities is: Tyrants of any size control group, in any field or context, do not see you as a three dimensional other person with thoughts and feelings of your own. They hate it. They want to make an object of you. They will do all they can to prevent your authenticity.

I mean on a systemic level there are specifics that need discussion of their own--patriarchy, white supremacy, class, among others. But fundamentally it isn't rational. That's where people get tripped up. Yes it can be about financial gain, but at least as much so, it makes them feel good.

and this is why authoritarian systems don't function well-trains ran on time, if they did, because Germany, not because Nazis. It's NOT about the greater system. It's about the ego of the main tyrant, and the benefits for the lesser tyrants who kiss up and kick down.

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