Alpha1Nine :funkwhale: :sofia:<p>Population control measures serve three purposes. </p><p>First of all, they hamper the movement of <a href="https://aus.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> members (perhaps even <a href="https://aus.social/tags/tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tracking</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/identifying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>identifying</span></a> them). </p><p>Second, they serve to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/harass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harass</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/intimidate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intimidate</span></a> resistance <a href="https://aus.social/tags/supporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supporters</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/sympathisers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sympathisers</span></a>. </p><p>And third, they intimidate members of the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>public</span></a> and force them to change their lives to accommodate the desires of those in power. </p><p>Often population control methods are "<a href="https://aus.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> theatre" and allow <a href="https://aus.social/tags/governments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governments</span></a> to flex their muscles and project <a href="https://aus.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> power with the goal of cowing people into <a href="https://aus.social/tags/compliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compliance</span></a>. </p><p>Faced with such measures, resistance movements have several options.<br> <br>Aboveground resistance movements and their allies can use the repression to gain support from the general population, appealing to shared public concerns like <a href="https://aus.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a>, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> of movement, genuine <a href="https://aus.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a>, and so on. If possible, a campaign of <a href="https://aus.social/tags/civildisobedience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civildisobedience</span></a> could be organised against population control measures. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/RESIST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RESIST</span></a></p>