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<p dir="auto"><strong>Phaenon</strong> — <em>5 months ago(October 23, 2025 03:17 PM)</em></p>
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<li>Humanise the character and make it sensitive.</li>
<li>Inspire love of truth and hatred of lies.</li>
<li>Inspire great trust and friendship, by uniting respect.</li>
<li>Stimulate charity with the poor.</li>
<li>Respect for the property of others.</li>
<li>Know how to keep a secret.</li>
<li>Inspire feelings of indulgence towards all religions.</li>
<li>Sweetness to servants, poor and old.</li>
<li>Speak little, and be precise.</li>
<li>Be formal at the table.</li>
<li>Love for cleanliness and contempt for luxury.</li>
<li>Inspire love for the Homeland and for Freedom.<br />
Beats what the Left are using just now (2025) for their rules:</li>
<li>Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have.</li>
<li>Never go outside the experience of your people; doing so results in confusion, fear and retreat.</li>
<li>Whenever possible, go outside the experience of your opponent to increase their insecurity, anxiety and uncertainty.</li>
<li>Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules; this can be used to undermine their credibility and reputation.</li>
<li>Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon, as it is irrational, infuriating and has no defense.</li>
<li>A good tactic is one your people enjoy, as they will continue to engage without needing constant urging.</li>
<li>A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag; it risks becoming old news and losing momentum.</li>
<li>Keep the pressure on; use a variety of tactics and actions to maintain constant pressure and force the opposition to react.</li>
<li>The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself, as imagination can amplify perceived consequences.</li>
<li>The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative; having a solution prevents being trapped without a plan.</li>
<li>Pick the target, freeze it, personalise it, and polarise it; focus on identifiable individuals rather than abstract institutions to maximise impact.</li>
<li>If you push a negative hard enough, it may push through and become a positive; violence from the opposition can generate public sympathy.<br />
Ding Dong<br />
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