population and 49.6% of the global population. I’ve read countless articles predicting that women’s rights will be set back by decades by the pandemic. Social media has magnified the ability of even the smallest minority to fracture the majority.ĭivide and conquer has been on my mind recently. You don’t need to be even double in strength to divide and conquer, you can be less, even far less, if you just find the right fracture points, stuff in some dynamite, and blow everything to bits. And always use the powerful weapon of fear - the fear that if ‘those people’ get ahead, you or ‘your people’ will suffer - a totally effective strategy for keeping any group down - set them fighting among themselves. Pick up on petty grievances and magnify them out of proportion. Insinuate that there are insurmountable differences between people who have far more in common than they have differences. You’d recognize it in a minute if it were happening to someone else. Instinctually it’s used on playgrounds and in middle schools, on school boards and company boards. It’s used by economists, political scientists, and historians. The British Empire.ĭivide and conquer has also been used in legal theory and the social sciences. Rome defeating Macedonia in the Battle of Pydna. “…the art of using troops is this: When ten to the enemy’s one, surround him When five times his strength, attack him If double his strength, divide him…” Sun Tzu, the brilliant military strategist and author of “The Art of War”, born around 500 BC.ĭivide and conquer has been an effective military strategy for over 2,500 years.
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