Today I want to talk about a phenomenon that is very widespread. I have called this phenomenon rather menacing, but this name most vividly reflects its essence. "Cannon fodder" is the name of a dangerous manipulation.
The essence of this manipulation is as follows. A person is offered some bright idea that solves someone's dirty problems.
Moreover, the person who is subjected to this manipulation is not aware of what and whose real tasks he solves.
Let me give you an example from today. The President of the Philippines recently announced a manhunt for drug traffickers, killing them without trial on the streets.
Kill ordinary citizens. Inside the Philippines, perhaps, this policy looks like a fight against evil, but in fact it is a cynical picture. Some drug dealers are taking other drug dealers off the market. In addition, any person can be declared a drug dealer, because everything is done without trial.
This means that with the help of this policy, you can take away property, extort and force people to do someone else's will.
Note, that themselves performers use “in dark." They must be absolutely sure they're doing the right thing.
Another, milder example is the use of people in various rallies and acts of defiance. Many people, especially young people, lack purpose in life. It is to such people that manipulators offer something simple and clear that requires a minimum of intellectual costs — they offer to fight.
The man who was offered such a goal, it seems that he is engaged in an important matter, literally historical proportions. However, in fact, his dope is just used in the most cynical way.
He risks his health, freedom and life for the interests of others. At the same time, believing that doing a good job.
Why does this manipulation work?
The basis of this manipulation, like any other, is the promise of some simple solution. In this manipulation, the simple solution involves violence.
Examples of such manipulations: to kill drug dealers, to send to camps of bourgeois, finally to solve a national question.
It is necessary after all all-anything-a hoe in hands and forward, to fight, as in Cambodia.
In addition, I collect various ideas that are specifically embedded in the public consciousness to encourage ordinary people to work cannon fodder at the appointed hour.
An example of such an idea is a fairly widespread aphorism, which is repeated by all manipulators.
It sounds like:
"Do not be afraid of enemies – in the worst case they can kill you.
Not afraid friends – in the worst case they can you betray.
Fear indifferent-they not kill and not betray, but only with their tacit consent there is on earth betrayal and murder of.»
In this malicious idea, the most important villains are those who do not want to interfere in various lasciviousness, that is, simple and law-abiding citizens who want to work and take care of their families.
As suddenly them say, that they the most the main villains, that they are faceless gray host, cattle and so on. And of course, in order not to be such, it is necessary to work cannon fodder for the sake of other people's goals.
When you say this, you want the most brazen and cynical way to take advantage.
The second example is the expression " If not you, then who?”. Here a person is taught that he is the only one, and that he must achieve a bright goal. The answer to this question is simple: “Anyone who needs it.”
How to protect yourself from this manipulation?
When someone starts to appeal to some abstract goals, it means that someone wants you to risk your head for free. This should be a marker.
Appeal to the abstract, such as freedom? Means, want you take advantage of, after all the absence of abstract then very hard prove.
The second marker is a call to intervene. For example, to show the government how to work, throwing stones in the square.
It is important to remember that nothing can be changed for the better by force. Change something for the better can only work. Painstaking and long work.
The third marker is pressure on emotions. The fact is that emotions disable our critical thinking. Therefore, it is a favorite tool of manipulators. One should pay attention to such things.
And the last, but most importantly, that will save from such manipulation. Do their work