There are three effective tactics used to undermine people's efforts and thoughts and actions:
1. Intimidation
2. Alienation
3. Humiliation
All three of them work well to marginalize you.
Remember when a ranting NFU woman Nettled and demanded Goodale and the CWB to jail farmers for selling their own grain? That was meant to intimidate.
And would it surprise you if seed growers, unwilling to conform to top-down policy, found themselves with unrenewed registration?
Or what about, "Sure hope you don't lose any quota..."
Alberta could become rift with examples..."A little heftier contribution would be appreciated so's I could spend more time lobbying in parliament so's your land doesn't get expropriated" yes, well.
Bantam roosters will always intimidate.
And then there's the alienation impetigo trick of the 50's. LOL "That whole family has impetigo. Don't go near them." Or how about a self-proclaimed professional saying "The NFU are all crazy."
Perhaps humiliation best marginalizes if you have a 'down and out' period.
Chaining and shackling Andy McMeachan in front of his kids was a tactic the Liberal Government used to maintain their Wheat Board effectively. Onlooking farmers cringed.
The importance of "Saving face" in Japanese culture is an indication of how devastating humiliation can be.
Instead of fighting back, entire cultures have changed their names and words to avoid connotations of humiliation. Only to do it all over again, and later on again.
All three of them are ways to keep you in line so that YOUR needs and thinking does not oppose their vision. Recognize them. Or you will become eco-terroists, or $10,000 net hobbyschnooks.
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Which one affects you the most?
1. Intimidation
2. Alienation
3. Humiliation
All three of them work well to marginalize you.
Remember when a ranting NFU woman Nettled and demanded Goodale and the CWB to jail farmers for selling their own grain? That was meant to intimidate.
And would it surprise you if seed growers, unwilling to conform to top-down policy, found themselves with unrenewed registration?
Or what about, "Sure hope you don't lose any quota..."
Alberta could become rift with examples..."A little heftier contribution would be appreciated so's I could spend more time lobbying in parliament so's your land doesn't get expropriated" yes, well.
Bantam roosters will always intimidate.
And then there's the alienation impetigo trick of the 50's. LOL "That whole family has impetigo. Don't go near them." Or how about a self-proclaimed professional saying "The NFU are all crazy."
Perhaps humiliation best marginalizes if you have a 'down and out' period.
Chaining and shackling Andy McMeachan in front of his kids was a tactic the Liberal Government used to maintain their Wheat Board effectively. Onlooking farmers cringed.
The importance of "Saving face" in Japanese culture is an indication of how devastating humiliation can be.
Instead of fighting back, entire cultures have changed their names and words to avoid connotations of humiliation. Only to do it all over again, and later on again.
All three of them are ways to keep you in line so that YOUR needs and thinking does not oppose their vision. Recognize them. Or you will become eco-terroists, or $10,000 net hobbyschnooks.
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Which one affects you the most?
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