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The High Cost of Instant Gratification
Reorientation doesn't fit in a bullet point checklist. Neither does wisdom.
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Kit Perez
Sunday Deep Read: Mimetic Resistance
Escaping the Trap of Simulated Dissent
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Kit Perez
What Happens When You Fake Orientation
Inside the viral PR failure that shows why your group's culture can't be just pretend.
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Kit Perez
When Grit Fails: Trauma, Group Dynamics, and the Cost of Ignoring Orientation
Handling the blowback from talking about psychology in high-pressure movements
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Kit Perez
Orientation Over Optics: Boyd’s Framework for Real-World Resistance
OODA Strategist Mark McGrath takes apart yet another faulty application of Boyd's work, and we see how it applies directly to your group.
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Kit Perez
The Myth of Effective Gun Rallies
Why emotional optics don’t equal strategic outcomes, and what real leverage actually looks like.
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Kit Perez
Smashing the Final Sacred Cows
The final part of a series on bad resistance beliefs that you still adhere to.
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Kit Perez
More Sacred Cows That Need Smashing
The second part in the series of beliefs about resistance that aren't helping you anymore.
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Kit Perez
Is Vetting Just Bureaucratic Noise?
Handling objections to a robust vetting process.
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Kit Perez
Sacred Cows and Why You Need to Smash Them
You'd be surprised at how many of the beliefs about resistance are counterproductive, obsolete, or just plain bad.
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Kit Perez
5 Emotional Weaknesses Infiltrators Exploit and How to Block Them
If you think infiltration is all about wiretaps and fake names, you’re missing the point.
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Kit Perez
Why Groups and Movements Keep Crowning Tyrants
You might have a problem child with too much authority.
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Kit Perez
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