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Divide and Conquer: The Oldest Trick in the Book

Dear Editor,  History teaches us that one of the most effective ways for the powerful to maintain control is through division. The Romans mastered it, Julius Caesar exploited tribal rivalries, and Machiavelli wrote about it centuries later. Colonial powers perfected it by amplifying ethnic, tribal, and class differences to keep populations from uniting. The principle […]

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