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Psychological Collapse

An actor not inhibited by a society's ultimate taboo can dominate that society with a small force, because violating the taboo collapses the target's assumptions before material strength matters.

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An actor not inhibited by a society's ultimate taboo can dominate that society with a small force, because violating the taboo collapses the target's assumptions before material strength matters.

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Destroying a worldview is like cutting off someone's brain: it turns people into zombies and slaves because their basis for action has been removed.

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Kill The God, Take The Empire

2025-04-08, day precision · Civilization #44: The Spanish Conquest of the New World

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"What do we do now? We exist to serve God. God is invincible. But the Spanish just killed them. Which means what? Which means..."

Kill The God, Take The Empire

2025-04-08, day precision · Civilization #44: The Spanish Conquest of the New World

Transcript

"You turn this person into zombies. And slaves. Does that make sense? So what the implication of this is, whenever society has an extremely..."

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