Intimidation and Coercion Tactics
This cluster centers on discussions of intimidation, fear, threats, and coercion as strategies employed by those in power to silence opposition, enforce compliance, and maintain control in political and social contexts.
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The strategy is one of intimidation.
They are not virtually powerless. They effectively use intimidation to coerce people to not offend them.
Not if it uses fear and intimidation as a tactic.
I don't think you understand how intimidation tactics work.
it is intimidation and it is sadly very effective.
The threat already silences the opposition. You don't have to use it to silence people.
They probably just want to instill fear. If they are powerfull enough to get away with this, then who would ever oppose them?
It's actually a good idea if viewed as a coercion tactic.
Maybe they're trying to force a violent response from the right, so they can use the power of the state to crush them?
The reason being to scare people into submission.