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The Art of Insubordination:
“ 2. Don’t speak fear; cultivate curiosity. Frame the current members as future allies

4. Communicate your self-sacrifice as an act of courage. Don’t be disagreeable naysayers. Seem uncomfortable speaking out against the group. Candidly evoke how hard it is to act rebelliously.
5. Be consistent yet flexible. Know the hill you will die on, but bend on the less important issues.”

“The function of hazing is to create a community of sufferers by causing suffering unto prospective members. Yet, it can also be used as a tool in hierarchical groups to establish pecking order…Challenges can be excellent techniques to create a sense that “we all had to overcome something” to be a member of this group.”

Reminds me a lot of academia 😅

Sociologist Charles Fritz.. theorized that communities undergoing the worst oppression are the most socially resilient.

What he (John Cacioppo) discovered was that loneliness was highly correlated with cortisol levels; so much so, the experiment found, that acute loneliness was about as stressful as a physically violent encounter. 😱😱😱😱