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Encyclopedia > Divide et impera

In politics and sociology, divide and rule is a strategy of gaining and maintaining power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into chunks that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy. The phrase comes from the Latin "divide et impera", which translates to "divide and rule".


Effective use of this technique allows those with little real power to control those who collectively have a lot of power.


The strategy was used to great effect by administrators of vast empires, including the British, who would play one tribe against another to maintain control of their colonies with a minimal number of British troops.


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Folk & Faith - Divide and Conquer or Unity in Diversity (4506 words)
Divide et impera was used by the British empire to set African tribe against African tribe and thus to conquer whole swathes of Africa; it was used by that same empire to set Muslim and Hindu against each other in India and thus to consolidate British control over the entire Indian continent.
And divide et impera is being used today by these same Americans and their allies to enable them to set themselves up as the new masters of the world.
But they have been kept weak and divided by bribes, threats and by skilful manipulation by a cunning and ruthless enemy whose strategies their leaders could never comprehend were they to live for another thousand years.
'Divide and Rule' Gone Awry by Kevin B. Zeese (1130 words)
Inherent in the policy of Iraqization is the traditional strategy of an occupier – divide and rule – as it means some Iraqi collaborators will be put in the employ of the occupier in an effort to control other Iraqis.
"divide and rule" seems to be central to the U.S. strategy to controlling Iraq.
These are classic "divide and rule" strategies, giving those oppressed by the previous regime, official clothing and the opportunity for revenge while in uniform.
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