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the art of convincing the conquered that resistance was always their own bad idea
means the act of bringing a person, group, or nation under domination and control, forcing them into submission or servitude.
from From Latin subjugare, literally 'to bring under the yoke' — from sub ('under') and jugum ('yoke,' the wooden beam strapped across oxen's necks). The Romans gave it a chilling ritual reality: defeated armies were marched beneath an arch of spears called the iugum, made to stoop under it like cattle, a public bending of the body that announced the breaking of the will. To be subjugated was, quite literally, to pass under the yoke.
- etymology
- Latin for forcing under the yoke, literally
- the trick
- lasting control needs belief, not just chains
- self-policing
- the subjugated often guard the very system
- colonial tool
- divide groups, then rule the fractured pieces
british raj — british colonial rule over india, 1858-1947
transatlantic slave trade — forced enslavement of 12.5 million africans, 1501-1867
spanish conquest of aztecs — cortés defeated montezuma's empire in 1521