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Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum
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To: TobagoJack who wrote (189947)7/16/2022 9:52:43 PM
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of course, such would fall into the western 'divide and conquer' strategy...
certainly not progressive-new:

"...Divide and rule policy (Latin: divide et impera), or divide and conquer, in
politics and sociology is gaining and maintaining power by breaking up larger
concentrations of power into pieces that individually have less power than the
one implementing the strategy. Historically, this strategy was used in many
different ways by empires seeking to expand their territories...

The strategy, but not the phrase, applies in many ancient cases: the example of
Aulus Gabinius exists, parting the Jewish nation into five conventions, reported
by Flavius Josephus in Book I, 169–170 of The Jewish War (De bello Judaico).
Strabo also reports in Geographica, 8.7.3 that the Achaean League was gradually
dissolved when it became part of the Roman province of Macedonia, as the Romans
treated the various states differently, wishing to preserve some and to destroy
others.

Elements of this technique involve:

>creating or encouraging divisions among the subjects to prevent alliances
that could challenge the sovereign and distributing forces that they
overpower the other.
>aiding and promoting those who are willing to cooperate with the sovereign
>fostering distrust and enmity between local rulers
>encouraging meaningless expenditures that reduce the capability for political
and military spending
en.wikipedia.org
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