Thread by @APhilosophae

In 1956 The Biderman Report was released to evaluate and expose the Communist Coercive Methods for Eliciting Individual Compliance of Captured American Servicemen. It isolated 8 methods of Coercion used against American POW's. These 8 Methods are now being used against Americans

The Methods: Isolation, Monopolization of Perception, Induced Debility & Exhaustion, Threats, Occasional Indulgences, Demonstrate Omnipotence, Degradation, and Enforcement of trivial demands.

ISOLATION (1956):
Deprives Victim of all Social support and ability to resist. Develops intense concern with self.
Makes victim dependent on captor.

ISOLATION (COVID):
Social Distancing requirements.
Isolation from loved ones.
Work from home requirements.
Quarantine.
Confinement.
Reliance on government guidance.

Monopolization of Perception (1956):
Fixes Attention upon Immediate Predicament.
Frustrates any non-compliant actions.
Eliminates all stimuli competing with those controlled by captor.

Monopolization of Perception (COVID):
Restrict movement of individuals.
Close recreation to create monotony.
Prevent gathering, church, meeting, concert, sport.
Dominate 24/7 news coverage.
Censor non Legacy Coverage or information.

Induced Debility & Exhaustion (1956):
Weakens Mental and Physical Ability to Resist.
Prolonged Constraint.
Wear down by tension & fear.

Induced Debility & Exhaustion (COVID):
Stay at home requirements.
No outdoor activities.
Gym closing.
Park closings.
Show COVID Case ticker on news 24/7.
News talks of constant death, ICU overcapacity.

Threats (1956):
Cultivates Anxiety & Despair.
Vague Threats.
Mysterious changes of treatment.
Demands & Consequences for compliance.

Threats (COVID):
Closure of business r/t compliance
Arrests for non-compliance
Predict extension of quarantine if not compliant
Threaten Vaccine Passports
Threaten mandatory vaxx for work, travel

Occasional Indulgences (1956):
Provides motivation for compliance.
Hinders adjustment to deprivation.
Creates hope for change.
Keeps individual off balance.

Occasional Indulgences (COVID):
Reopening of certain stores, services.
Opening at limited capacity/hours.
Increase limits of people who can gather.
Follow all concessions with tougher penalties.

Demonstrate Omnipotence (1956):
Show futility of resistance.
Confrontation.
Pretend Cooperation.
Provide motivation for compliance.

Demonstrate Omnipotence (COVID):
Shut down world economies overnight.
Print FIAT at uncontrolled rate.
Initiate mass surveillance.

Degradation (1956):
Make resistance appear worse than compliance.
Reduce victim to less than status.
Create feelings of helplessness.
Denial of privacy.
Demeaning punishment.

Degradation (COVID):
Public & Media shaming non-vaxxed
Public & Media shaming non-mask wearers.
Make people stand on circles or specific lines in public.
Mask all individuals to reduce individual humanity.
Claim individual has no right to Vaxx Status Privacy.

Enforcing Trivial Demands (1956):
Develop habits of compliance.
Enforcement of minute rules.
Change rules on compliance.

Enforcing Trivial Demands (COVID):
Family members must stand apart in public.
Social distancing within the home.
Mask wearing within the home, even during sex.
Arbitrary limits on number that can gather.
Change official guidance at random intervals.
Cancel holidays unless vaxxed.

These methods of coercion were used by the Chinese and North Koreans to make US POWs more compliant and to create a psychological prison in addition to the physical prison they were in.

Studies involving the long term effects of POW Status have shown a high frequency of extremity peripheral neuropathies and persistent pain and diminished functional status. Now these people dealt with physical abuses, as well.

But psychological abuse is associated with delayed responses including persistent fatigue, sleep disorders, nightmares, fear of recurrence, anxiety focused on flashbacks, depression, avoidance of emotions, sensations, or activities that are associated with the trauma.

How this plays out in the coming years for many of those who already struggled with psychological trauma and issues related to mental health could be devastating. The issues it has created for many are already apparent as those already vaxxed are still masking and double masking.

This event will have changed the psyche of many in America. We had a Post 9/11 world in which the perception of people underwent a fundamental change. There will be a Post-Covid world as well in which the psychology of many will have shifted, and likely not for the better.

Those who have complied in every fashion may always perceive compliance as the ultimate duty of the citizen from here forward. Attacking, shaming, and cancelling those who are non-complaint on absolutely anything, (unrelated to covid) going forward may become extremely common.

What this does to the every day interactions of Americans is likely going to lead to unnatural interactions in which the compliant oriented are re-exposed to trauma and stress at every encounter with those they see as non-complaint.

It's going to make things even more difficult than they already are, and only exaggerate the divide that exists within America.