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26-08-2021
SYNCHRONY
SYNCHRONY
The sight of huge military parades featuring a multitude of armed, uniformed individuals marching in formation, in perfect unison, produces a strong impression on participants and observers, particularly in relation to power, threat, control, group cohesion and intimidation.
This explains the frequency of such spectacles being manipulated by many authoritarian regimes and dictators, past and present. Yet if exactly the same cohort of armed individuals were to walk in random groupings, at their own pace, the impression on participants and observers would be totally different. This more casual parade would be likely to make authoritarian regimes and dictators feel uncomfortable rather than empowered. The essential cause of this difference in perception is the power of synchrony.

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