Rule #1: Maintain the problem at all costs! The problem is the basis of power, perks, privileges, and security.
Rule #2: Use crisis and perceived crisis to increase your power and control.
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Rule #3: If there are not enough crises, manufacture them, even from nature, where none exist.
Rule 4a: Deny, delay, obfuscate, spin, and lie.
Rule #5: Maximize public-relations exposure by creating a cover story that appeals to the universal need to help people.
Rule 7a: Accuse the truth teller of one's own defects, deficiencies, crimes, and misdemeanors.