There is a powerful book that tells you everything about controlling and influencing the masses. It is a manual for manipulating human behavior worldwide. It was the favorite book of this dark soul, and if you understand it, you can protect yourself from the Suki that try to take everything from you, just like they have done before.
Here is what you need to know. Let me give you seven central thoughts of this powerful book. At the end of this, I will reveal the name of it.
Mass Manipulation Rule Number One: Crowds obey simple emotions, not logic. In crowds, it is emotion, not reason, that dominates the collective mind. Emotions are controlled through fear, anger, and excitement.
Rational arguments are ignored, while strong emotions spread rapidly. Mass Manipulation Rule Number Two: Repetition creates belief. Affirmation, pure and simple, kept free of all reasoning and all proof, is one of the surest means of making an idea enter the mind of crowds.
The key to manipulating crowds is to repeat a statement over and over without explanation or evidence. Repetition carves it into the collective mind. Mass Manipulation Rule Number Three: Visual symbols overpower words.
Crowds, being only capable of thinking in images, are only impressed by images. Crowds react to strong visuals and symbols far more than complex ideas or arguments. What they see shapes what they believe.
Mass Manipulation Rule Number Four: Prestige paralyzes judgment. The special characteristic of prestige is to prevent us from seeing things as they are and to entirely paralyze our judgment. When a person, institution, or idea is seen as prestigious, it silences doubt and critical thinking.
Prestige blinds the crowd to reality. Mass Manipulation Rule Number Five: Leaders mold the crowd's will. The crowd is led by the unconscious but directed by a leader whose will has become its own.
A leader doesn't argue or debate with a crowd; instead, they embody the crowd's emotions, amplifying its desires and focusing its energy. And it doesn't matter if the leader has no experience or merit. Mass Manipulation Rule Number Six: Crowds worship absolute certainty.
Crowds are only influenced by ideas that are absolute, uncompromising, and simple. Masses don't like new; they like simple, black-and-white ideas presented with total conviction. Thought and complexity weaken influence.
And finally, of course, Mass Manipulation Rule Number Seven: Illusions seduce crowds more than truths. Crowds have never searched after truths; they turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to defend error if error seduces them. Facts don't matter if they contradict the crowd's feelings; a convincing illusion will always win over uncomfortable truths.
The book that reveals all of this is "The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind" by Gustave Le Bon, written in 1895. This is powerful knowledge, but understand this: knowledge is more powerful if you read it, discuss it, and apply it in a circle of trusted, like-minded people. Grim stands for free minds, classic values, and relentless cooperation.
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