God Emperor Smith
Initiated Level Memorandum
02.05 06.12.98
Subset Alpha: Embracing the Enemy
Throughout recorded history, a record of history has been kept. Without this record, history would not have been recorded, rendering the previously mentioned recorded history into prehistory. Often, though, this record was corrupted by small-minded, bigoted people with personal problems, and the occasional drunken time-traveler. It is important at this point to note that this has nothing to do with the method of combat known as Embracing the Enemy. It is also important that the following is heavily influenced by Eric Blair, Aldous Huxley, Tom Robbins, and the psychotic ramblings of Dr. Timothy Leary, who at last report is still dead, but continues to maintain a higher average intelligence than any living human. While this portion was not so much influenced by James Joyce, and Lewis Carroll, they still rank as gods. That, however, is a different trajectory.
Misinformation is the key to success in many of life’s endeavors. But how do we use misinformation in a believable way? We must learn to think like our enemies. Embrace the extremes of the enemy’s camp, and support them with fervor. It is not enough to pretend to hold the same beliefs as a bible-thumper, one must actually hold the beliefs of the thumper in one’s mind as truth. It is, in the design of Orwell’s 1984, Doublethink, and it is one hell of a good trick if you can master it.
The key to warfare is to outguess the enemy’s strategy. To determine the enemy’s plan of action before it is taken, and to turn that to your own advantage. To know how the enemy thinks is a step in the right direction, but it is not the whole battle. You must actually share that thought process. You must become an extension of the enemy, and operate in the ways that the enemy would operate.
Entirely too many theater (Notice the non-pretentious spelling of “Theatre”) classes have taught us that a script is secondary in a performance. Mindset is paramount. If you really truly become your character, you don’t need a script any more than you need a script to call up an old friend and ask him to go get a beer with you. In fact, a rigidly outlined script can be a stumbling block on many occasions. The great actors and actresses seldom act. They simply are.
Acting, as many of you may not be aware, is simply a talent for lying convincingly. The great liars, just like the great actors, seldom lie. They actually believe the stories they tell you, even if the events in the stories they tell never actually happened.
What does this have to do with defeating your enemies, you may ask? Quite a bit actually; but if you haven’t gotten it yet, I’m wasting my time. You may be the enemy.
Okay, in a small, easily maneuvered organic package, here it is: The enemy is an idiot. Not that you’re any better. We all tend to trust people who have similar beliefs to our own, even if the person in question is a complete asshole. The concept of “My people, right or wrong” is so ingrained in our psyches that it is more than a mere battle-cry. It is quite possibly an evolved behavior. A thought-pattern that allows our “tribe” (Whatever tribe that may be) to hold together and overcome outside aggressors. As Franklin is purported to have said, “If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately”.
Subset Bravo: Thermodynamics in Sociology
Simply put, the second law of thermodynamics states that ordered systems will, with time, break down and achieve chaos. Further, any temporary decrease in local entropy will result in a much larger increase in global entropy. Imposition of order equals escalation of chaos.
Q: How does this relate to a better understanding of social interactions that will aid us in destroying our chosen enemies, those puppy-kicking infidels?
A: In the vast majority of social interactions, it is the members with the moderate “Middle of the road” stance that actually hold the positions of power. This would make subversion difficult, were it not for this rule: The moderates control the masses, but the extremes lead the moderates.
Think of a group social interaction (Such as the government of the United States) as a bell curve. Anyone who was ever graded on a bell curve on a test in school will undoubtedly tell you how one kid “Blew the Curve” by getting a perfect score. Society is much the same. On one end of the spectrum, you have a very small group of extremely vocal left-wing radicals. On the other end, you have a very small group of extremely vocal right-wing radicals. In the middle is everyone else. (Nixon’s “Silent Majority” as it were. However, while silent, they were no more Nixon’s than they were Johnson’s. They simply didn’t care.) When, one end of the spectrum becomes more extreme, the curve alters, and society adjusts by leaning slightly toward that direction. During the McCarthy era, the right wing with their communist paranoia was more extreme, and society was decidedly more conservative. The rebound occurred during the late 60’s, when the left wing became more extreme, and society compensated by becoming more liberal. In this way, the curve swings from one direction to the other, and society maintains it’s tidal stability until the next swing begins.
Q: But what about Hitler? He was about as extreme as you can get, and yet he managed to get control of much of Europe.
A: Yes, Hitler was extreme. Hitler was also somewhat anomalous, in that he managed to ride on the wake of the worst financial depression in German history. Germany at the time was recovering from a royal ass-kicking in WWI, (Which, according to my high-school history book, was started over the assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand, who’s claim to fame is… Uh… That his assassination started WWI.) and it’s population was poor, starving, and angry. Hitler gave many Germans a feeling of once again being in control of their fates. The fact that he also executed six million German citizens of Jewish descent and another four or so million German citizens that were deemed “Undesirable” for one reason or another seemed to escape a lot of his followers. Aside from that, when Hitler’s army marched on Paris, only seven members of the French military showed up to fight them. The rest of France’s military forces were apparently too busy swilling down wine, gorging themselves on assorted cheeses, and failing to bathe on a regular basis to resist the German aggressors. (It should be noted here that the author absolutely despises most of the French, with the exception of the actress that played GiGi, and possibly Sebastian Cabbot who played “Mr. French” in Family Affair. Oh yeah, and Audrey Hepburn, who may or may not have been French, but was still a goddess.)
Very seldom does a Hitler, a Pol Pot or a Stalin come into power over a large group of people. When it does manage to happen, the infrastructure of that societal caste will inevitably collapse after a short period of time. (Another rule seems to be that the fanatical dictator types can only manage to weasel their way into power after a major social disaster, usually an economically debilitating war. Stalin’s secret of longevity stemmed from a program of manufactured chronic economic depression that I may explain in a later memorandum.) Hitler was elected chancellor in 1933, and by 1945, with his country in ruins (Again), he torched himself & Eva in a bunker to avoid prosecution (And subsequent execution) for crimes against humanity. While Hitler managed to do horrendous things during his time in power, twelve years is still a very short time. To put it in perspective, it has been 18 years since Reagan was elected. Jesus Christ, I got old there for a minute.
Q: Okay, fine, but I still don’t see how this is helping us to defeat our enemies.
A: In smaller group interactions, (A local religious congregation, for example) the same rules apply, except the effects are amplified. While nobody in their right mind would place the fanatic element in control, they can not help but be swayed to some extent by their ideals. The fanatic element blows the bell-curve in this instance, and the entire congregation moves closer to his or her beliefs.
The trick is: Make yourself the fanatic element. If you can make yourself actually believe the propaganda you spew, you can infiltrate and direct the enemy toward your own ends. The effect is two-fold:
- 1. By steering your target toward a more irrational and hysterical doctrine, you succeed in making the target look bad to outsiders, effectively reducing the number of new recruits to the enemy camp as well as bringing the wrath of the larger society’s moderates down upon the target for being “Too Extreme”.
- 2. As we have seen in the past, the pendulum swings both ways. The ultra-conservative 50’s in the United States were followed immediately by the ultra-liberal 60’s. West Germany went from the rigid, fascist control of Hitler’s Nazi party in the 40’s to an extremely liberal and artistic society by the mid 50’s. (East Germany got screwed over twice in a row, so they don’t count.)
By the time you have completed your work in the infiltration and subversion of the so-called “Target” (Be it an actual organization or just one person), it will either be destroyed by pressure from moderate outside forces, or it will rebound by evolving a platform more acceptable to your ideals.
Q: Okay, but why do I have one eyebrow-hair that seems to grow six inches in the space of three hours?
A: Has something to do with hormones, and that’s a different Memo. Pluck it. It’s late & I’m going to bed.
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