Human Manipulation by Malcolm Coxall

Author:Malcolm Coxall [Coxall, Mr Malcolm]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9788494085338
Publisher: Malcolm Coxall
Published: 2015-04-23T16:00:00+00:00

25.5.13 Puppets: This is where a politician appears to be independent, but he or she is actually a puppet of some special interest group or hidden parties. Almost all politicians suffer some lack of independence, either from their electorate or their patrons.

25.5.14 Pawns: A pawn is an unsuspecting and unaware person, manipulated by politicians for their own ends. A pawn may be another politician, a community leader, civil servant, a businessman or just an individual citizen. Politicians constantly use pawns to do their dirty work and sometimes take the blame as well. Pawns hardly ever get the credit for services rendered, though.

25.5.15 Responsibility avoidance: This is the political strategy of making sure that responsibility for a particular action doesn't fall on you or your group or party. There are several nuances to this strategy. Responsibility can be directed towards any of the following:

- It was the Opposition's fault: Another party or group unconnected with the action - i.e. the opposition

- It was terrorists: An outside agency with a generally malicious intent (e.g. "terrorists")

- It was him/me: A predetermined "fall guy" who has agreed to take the blame for a particular action. See "Fall guys".

- Public is to blame: The general public is always a good target for blame, because generally there is no-one to speak up for them.

Politicians are masters in the use of responsibility avoidance. A clever politician personalises successes and socialises failures. In other words, if all goes well it was his good idea, but if anything goes badly it was someone else's fault.

25.5.16 Fall guys: These are disposable personalities who take the blame for the illicit activities of a politician. A good example would be a huge scandal that runs all the way to the top of an organization or government. The reaction is for the head to start firing underlings or pressurise them to resign. This is a way to throw people to the "wolves" in order to sate the public's appetite to blame someone.

25.5.17 Protection racket: This is a form of manipulative coercion that occurs when one party threatens unpleasant consequences for non-compliance with its policy.

When businesses donate money to politicians or a political party to persuade them to regulate their particular industry in a certain way there is an implicit threat involved which states that there will be consequences if the politicians fail to deliver.

25.5.18 Kabuki Theatre: This tactic was named after a form of Japanese puppet show. It is a type of political debate, where political opponents (tacitly) agree to put on a show for the respective target audiences.

This may reduce public tension and apprehension by airing grievances, and bolster the images of the political participants by making them appear more principled and civilised than they actually are. It is also known as a dog and pony show in US political circles.

25.5.18 Front groups: This is the strategy where a political party or movement controls proxy groups who are not formally affiliated with the party or movement.

These may include "non-partisan" groups like think

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