Politics 101

Throughout history, “Divida et Impera” (Divide and Conquer) was the ‘go to’ tactic for all rulers seeking to suppress popular dissent and maintain the status quo.

Governments today are no different.

At any sign of social unrest, it is wheeled out and used to break down all sense of cohesion or unity amongst the populace, preventing them from making ‘common cause’ against the established order.

The people will only triumph if they stick together.

Or, as Ben Franklin once said:

“We must all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.”