Collective Machiavellianism

This group will use whatever means they can, and if required, will use unethical means to achieve the goals they want, historically, it has been associated with fearmongering from demagogues to get populations of their followers on goal with their fearmongered ideals, such as the Salem Witch Trials, or the McCarthy era and red scare in general.

other times Collective Machiavellianism is simply caused by a group being forced to obey the status quo or other standards imposed on them by the group that subjugates them to carry out the overall Collective's will, whether good or bad. It will more than likely always end up in a bad context as the aim is for the Collective to gain the necessary power to carry out the aims their reaching out for, then maintain them regardless of the means needed to do so. Historically, often seen at the terrible expense of others not a part of that group, such as the many workers in the McCarthy era that were practically barred from their jobs after being fired for being alleged communists within their communities.

At times, even people in the Collective may be completely opposed to the Collective's ideals but feel that they must conform regardless; this is usually acquainted to the lucifer effect.

Sally has allegations being thrown at her by multiple guys in the guy's friend group. They are doing this because she had rejected one of them, and now they want to get their revenge on her by working together to make false accusations about her in order to ruin her image at school. They plan to continue the rumors until their able to force her to do what they want her to do for them. This is a highschooler's example of Collective Machiavellianism.

by ENTJ 1w9 163 November 9, 2024

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A place I am happy that I choose to not go to. My sister is in college and she already has 3 student loans.

Yo, you going to college?

Nope.

Why?

Cus Highschool was hard enough.

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Group of people with white/light skin color, usually of Eastern European descent, or their background looks like it came from an Ancestry commercial. Who are well equipped with Gucci firearms, NODs (night vision) and plenty of ammo to defend said coldesac from foreign and domestic threats.

Not someone to mess with, not your average gun owner. This said person is usually accompanied by others like this person.

Person 1) Yo! Did you meet the new neighbors?
Person 2) No, not yet. Did you?
Person 1) Yeah! Dude has some L3 Harris GPNVG-18 night vision, a decked out HK 416, and I am sure a ton of ammo. Dude is a total coldesac Caucasian. Glad we have more people like him around.

Person 2) holy shit?!? GPNVG-18s?!? No way!! I have to go meet this guy.

by Flo-Ida Mahn69 February 3, 2024

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