Divide et Impera: Divide and Rule

If we are constantly pitted against each other, we will never rise against the real problems

Divide and Rule, or the Divide and Conquer strategy, is a psychological warfare tactic that’s been used since ancient times by people and groups looking to manipulate others for their own agendas. In politics, military planning, the corporate world - the idea is that if there’s people in the way of a goal being achieved, get them distracted by quarreling amongst each other so that said goal will be easier accomplish.

Running Divide and Conquer tactics requires a lot of dirty work and data collection. You’re going to have to know who you’re dealing with, and the best way to yank their chain. Information operations. Mind games.

The phrase Divide et Impera (“Divide and Rule” in Latin or diaírei kài basíleue in Ancient Greek) is attribute to King Philip II of Macedon, circa 350 BC. Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte, and many other kings and rulers throughout history are known to have used some essence of the strategy against their opponent’s forces.

Back in the Roman times their government would often employ this technique to maintain power over the feudal caste. Division would be facilitated and encouraged amongst the vassals in order to prevent alliances to form between them and challenge the rule of the King.

Sun Tzu wrote in the Art of War, “The art of using troops is this: When ten to the enemy's one, surround him; When five times his strength, attack him; If double his strength, divide him”. In other words, rather than subduing the enemy with sheer force it may be more advantageous to pit the enemy against himself, especially if low on manpower or resources. Instead of battling with pure physicality, working the psychology of the opponent can make the task easier.

In our modern times the “Divide and Rule” strategy was directly referenced in a 2008 report from the RAND Corporation advising the U.S. military on which policies were best against the Muslim forces in the Middle East. The report stated, “Divide and Rule focuses on exploiting fault lines between the various Salafi-jihadist groups to turn them against each other and dissipate their energy on internal conflicts. This strategy relies heavily on covert action, information operations (IO), unconventional warfare, and support to indigenous security forces.”

Bringing this into context of modern society vs. the shadow government, there are many ways in which our population is pitted against each other “dissipating our energy on internal conflict” so that the Powers that Be can maintain and further their power and control.

We are divided by race, religion, gender, political party, belief system, social class, geographical location, and in many other ways. We become consumed and distracted by these petty differences thereby preventing us from focusing on the real problems in society, the evil and corruption in our government, institutions, and wealthy elite. The advent of mass media (newspapers, television, radio) and social media has only accelerated the amount of information (and/or disinformation) that enters into the collective consciousness, keeping us polarized and split.

A good example of Divide and Conquer neutralizing society is the use of professional sports leagues. How much collective time and energy (and money) is wasted by humans rooting for their favorite sportsball team to win, and how much hatred is invested in the rival sports ball team and their fans? I’m not saying athletics or professional sports is bad, it has it’s place in society and can be beneficial - but the “bread and circus” grand distraction of sports has been working well for the social engineers of our nations, since the days of the gladiators in the coliseums.

Another instance, more in the news at the moment, is the conflict between Israel and Palestine. People around the world are quickly taking sides, “Stand with Palestine!”, “Stand with Israel!”. Terrorist attacks are awful, as is needlessly harming innocent civilians in order to eradicate the perceived enemy. For decades there has been tension between Israelis and Palestinians in the Middle East, with justifiable self-defense and unjustifiable, inhumane attacks occurring from both sides. It seems the warmongers in the military-industrial-complex don’t care which “pro” side people gravitate to, as long as they are supporting confrontation and another endless war.

And yet another example is the separation between races - Black Lives Matter, Asian Lives Matter, White Lives Matter, ideas that purport to promote “equality” on the surface but when one looks deeper, they only play on people’s victim mentality and further our division.

Examples could be given ad nauseam.

Into the 21st century, the social engineers know very well how much division there is within society (much of it caused by their own hands), so now they are pushing this idea of “inclusion and equality” onto the population. It’s a sort of fake unity, a pseudo-unification whereby we are forced to include people based on race, gender, etc. instead of their character or skill. Business are getting “higher DEI grades” if they hire based on inclusion instead of merit. Pretty ass backwards, if you ask me. Of course we should not hate or exclude people based off race, gender, religion, nationality, etc - but being forced to include people based on these aspects almost seems like discrimination disguised as anti-discrimination.

”Hire the black guy so there’s more inclusion here!”, says the manager. Okay, well could that be considered a bit racist? Are you saying you’re only choosing him based off his skin color? What about his character or talent?

These “diversity” practices then only work to foster more division, as people become upset over the practices, and thus are called racist or sexist by the proponents, and so on and so on the segregated wheel spins.

We must see through these petty differences in beliefs, race, nationality, and all the like if we want to expose and eradicate some of the real problems facing us on this planet. These differences are to be cherished and celebrated, for it’s what gives us contrast with each other and allows us to have individuality. There would be no individuality without these differences, for then we would all be the same monotonous humans looking, thinking, and acting the same.

At the end of the day, deep down, most people (barring those with severe personality disorders) want peace and freedom for themselves and every one else. Only through our allegiance with groups of other humans can we rise up against the high levels of corruption plaguing society.

Hopefully we can figure things out between each other before the hatred and division consumes us.

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