“When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.” – Sun Tzu
“Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”
This is not to say that they don’t have power behind them, however there are so few actors that are ultimately behind their schemes and so few enforcers compared to the masses they try to subjugate, that they know they have to project themselves as more capable, more numerous, and more present then they truly are.
“When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.” – Sun Tzu
Sounds like the playbook the left has been using on the country.
I’ll give you another one:
“Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”
This is not to say that they don’t have power behind them, however there are so few actors that are ultimately behind their schemes and so few enforcers compared to the masses they try to subjugate, that they know they have to project themselves as more capable, more numerous, and more present then they truly are.