COGITATION: The Saviour-complex

Humans are such even more ignorant than I have ever imagined.. They believe that once they are in a position of authority in your life, they can have as much control as they want. I understand the way things work, but simply, I cannot stress enough how hypocritical and obscenely ignorant human beings are! How can one try to be someone else's saviour by asserting themselves into this position and use their authority to do so? 

The key word there was: ASSERT. The word "assert" according to the Dictionary.com under the results for the definition of said word [assert] means as follows: to put (oneself) forward in an insistent manner. I cannot express how much the word INSISTENT forcefully makes itself the most prominent word available within this definition. And what exactly does the word "insistent" mean? Insistent means pertinacious which is simply another way to say stubborn, obstinate, or rather persistent. 

I cannot understand how a human does something so blatantly stupid then expects to be worshipped and praised for their "great work" and how much they have supposedly "done for you" to "get you where you are". How does a person fix their mind into such a stupid, or rather, irritating position or mindset simply to gain praise for something they have forcefully done through pure manipulation?

Logically, it is severe use of psychology and it coerces someone into believing that without said "saviour" they may be screwed. Who knows? Perhaps it is so, but to flaunt it as if it were a Givenchy handbag, or as if it were a Diamants Legers de Cartier necklace, is quite ridiculous. It is in some manner a form of blackmail. 

According to The Theory and Practice of Blackmail [page 2]: 

Coercion: the art of influencing the behaviour of others by the use of threats....

The Theory and Practice of Blackmail goes on to further say:

 The ability to coerce is a form of power: perhaps the most important forms underlying calculations of the "balance of power." Other modes of power important in the relationship of state to citizen--the abilities to educate, to inform, to propagandise, to inculcate habits of obedience or loyalty or respect for authority... It is the threat to compel or punish--in short, coercion--which is the peacetime tool of diplomacy.

For coercion operates upon expectations: your expectations or my behaviour... First of all, my choice must "make a difference" to you; my actions must affect the outcomes to your actions.

Suppose that I have to give--but also withhold--something that you want: a job, services, goods, honour, authority. Or--and this turns out to be an equivalent condition--suppose that I can inflict some loss on you, relative to the status quo: by violence, by military action, by using my influence over others who have control over you.

Finally, suppose that I have some means of communicating with you and that I can change your expectations, to some extent, of my behaviour. Given all of these conditions, I can set out to coerce you: to influence you to choose the action I prefer you to take, by increasing your expectation that if you do not, I will choose some response leading to an outcome still worse for you than compliance.

As I have said, this is a mere game of psychology which, although cruel and intimidating to some extent, forces me to appreciate such an ingenious mind. Comparatively, it is the same type of psychology used in The Art of Seduction by Robert Greene. According to The Art of Seduction Part II under the heading Create a False Sense of Security--Approach Indirectly:

If you are too direct early on, you risk stirring up a resistance which will never be lowered... Haunt the periphery of your target's life... Lull the target into feeling secure, then strike.

From the perspective of the person looking in, I can safely say that the person which falls into this trap has mental issues due to the fact that even without intense insight into such a topic, they allow themselves to be entrapped with such a poorly thought out form of blackmail. 


Solution: Dismantle the establishment and burn the plot where it lays. Counter-attack with more subtle strategies which are not so obvious. Become the author of the plot and ensnare your victim in a web of transparent lies. Before you know it, you will be able to cut their throats.