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Field Guide to Mind Control

Flag Waving

Justify a position by wrapping it in group identity, nation, party, faith, or tribe.

How it controls you

Once a claim is fused to your identity, examining the claim feels like betraying the group. Agreement stops being a conclusion and becomes a loyalty test. The argument hides behind the flag.

Spotted in the wild

"real Americans know"
"our side understands"
"anyone loyal to this country"
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More techniques:
Loaded Language · Name Calling · Appeal to Fear · Manufactured Urgency · False Dilemma · Manufactured Consensus · Casting Doubt · Thought-Terminating Cliché · Whataboutism · Appeal to Authority · Causal Oversimplification · Repetition

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