1...In our analysis of the politics of obedience, we see that public obedience is derived from 10 social constructs:
1)Habit
2)Self-Interest
3)Fear of Sanctions
4)Indifference
5)Absence of Self-Confidence
6)Moral Obligation
7)Psychological Identification with the Ruler...2
2...8)Superhuman Factors
9)Helplessness and Hopelessness
10)Majority action

So...as the UCP continues to attack various factions of society, and feel their ability to maintain obedience slips (Indifference decreases, disobedience becomes the obvious moral imperitive)...3
3...they feel obliged to attempt to increase other sources of obedience (ID’ing with the ruler=subtle dog-whistling, fear of sanctions=taking over physician licensure)...Since they don’t anticipate being in power long, they likely won’t...4
4...engage in degrading self-confidence. But, they are also engaged in Helplessness/Hopelessness, in that they attacked physicians first (arguably the least organized group with the least implicit opportunity to unionize etc), with the expectation that others...5
5...would see doctors losing and expect themselves to lose as well. We can expect them to at some point also employ Majority Action (by declaring that its the cool thing to be obedient, or other implied peer-pressure tactics). The more you understand...6
6...the motives and methods behind the UCP’s “modern conservative” approach, the better you are equipped to oppose them. Any political scientist that wants to help our cause, please contact me...we need all the teaching we can get to understand our enemy
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