Nonviolent social control is modeled through shame, gossip, sex, and flattery rather than coercive force.
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Gossip
A source-grounded reading of the first Dante livestream's central claim: Dante begins in heaven because paradise reveals the real method of reading, the real structure of freedom, and the real reason hell forms inside...
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A source-grounded reading of the first Dante livestream's central claim: Dante begins in heaven because paradise reveals the real method of reading, the real structure of freedom, and the real reason hell forms inside...
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"...other strategies for controlling men. And the two main strategies are gossip. Okay? Basically, talking about you behind your back which forces you to..."
"As a way to punish him. But this is all very subtle and non -violent ways of forcing people to conform to the rules..."
"...people, but you're not using violence. You're using the idea of gossip, shame, and flattery. And that's what women do really well. Do you..."
"...the splendor of the great costanza who from the suavians second gossip was the first to have the power of the world in what..."
"...he fit into the larger secret society I only heard silly gossip and rumors but"
"...David. Okay? Because David is clearly ambitious. So, you change the gossip to like, oh, no, no, no, no. David was not ambitious. David..."
"...was created in the way that it was. To change the gossip around so that it would be less harmful. They both suck, okay?..."
"...Vance somehow got involved right I mean people people are making gossip about him and Erica Kirk and it's just outrageous but like why..."
"...Women have more emotional intelligence. And women can use sex and gossip as mechanism of control. Okay? So this is all pretty common sense...."
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