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Confusion increases compliance

There are no quantifiable measures for what justifies each step from Plan A to Plan B. The parameters are fluid, unspecified. This creates confusion and stress, which infantilises people and makes them look to the government for direction. Essentially, confusion increases compliance.

Related link: Winter is coming, and so are the nudges. by Laura Dodsworth

Author of A State of Fear: how the UK government weaponised fear during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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