Jacinda Ardern has successfully implemented two divide and conquer strategies on a population largely oblivious to her machinations.
Ardern’s joyful divide between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated was accompanied by a stealthy division of New Zealanders by race when He Puapua eventually became public knowledge.
Ardern trails in the wake of more successful power-hungry dictators who divided, conquered and thrived for a reason.
Arguably the greatest conqueror of all time is Genghis Khan who united the nomadic tribes of the Mongolian plateau before going on to conquer huge chunks of central Asia and bring a brief period of peace, stability, trade and protected travel under a period of “Pax Mongolica” or Mongol peace.
“At its peak, the Mongol Empire covered the most contiguous territory in history. Led at first by Genghis Khan, the empire lasted from 1206 until 1368. During that time, it expanded to cover most of Eurasia, thanks to advanced technology and a massive horde of nomadic warriors.”
Instead of an iron fist, Ardern’s implementers are the cowardly, subversive media.
“At the time, Mongolia’s nomadic farmers relied on the land to sustain them. Their flocks of goats, sheep, horses, and other animals were dependent on abundant grass and water, and Mongols had to travel frequently to sustain them. Drought and disease could wipe out their livelihoods quickly.
Genghis Khan helped allay this sense of precariousness. He united Mongolia’s tribes and supported China’s peasant economy by stabilizing taxes and establishing rural cooperatives. He reformed his people’s laws and ushered in a military-feudal form of government. He embraced trade and religious freedom, and adopted advanced technology of the time, such as stirrups, composite bows, leather armor, and gunpowder.”
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A lasting regime requires a stable economy which the Ardern Government has destroyed largely through its incompetence.
Divide and rule, Divida et Impera, is attributed to Julius Caesar, who followed the strategists who came before.
Dividing Babylon
Some 1200 years before Caesar’s birth, the Assyrian nation conquered and divided the nation of Babylon under the leadership of Tukulti-Ninurta. They subsequently used the same procedure of conquest and annexation in building an empire, as they subjugated Syria, Palestine, Armenia and Mesopotamia. Their last great conquest was the division of the 12 tribes of Israel, an event lamented throughout the Old Testament. Ironically, the Jews were conquered and divided yet again by Babylon, another occasion for Biblical lament, as their temple was razed and the Jews exiled throughout Babylonia.
Dividing Macedonia
The republic of Rome, 68 years before Caesar’s advent, used his “divide and conquer” strategy on Macedonia in the Battle of Pydna. The aftermath of this battle brought to light a second, ironic division: Insiders in the kingdom had betrayed the Macedonian forces to the Roman commanders. King Perseus’ kingdom was ruthlessly fractured, with heavy injunctions laid against the separated states being able to interact; families and households were split forever. In a final purge, remaining Macedonian citizens were slaughtered – most of them had already perished fighting in the streets.
Dividing Gaul, et al
By the time Julius Caesar, born 100 BC, arrived on the scene, “divide and conquer” was already firmly in place in Roman war strategy. Caesar took it to new heights, however, conquering and dividing the kingdom of Gaul into three equal states and recording the deed in his eight-volume history; chapter eight recaps the near-decade it took him for the conquest. He similarly conquered the Celtic nations of Great Britain, but holding the kingdom proved difficult; it was 40 years after his last battle that the Celts were finally overcome.
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Cunning media contrivance is no match for brute force, but the Ardern Government also has a major obstacle, which is the democratic process and a looming election. With a growing number of the population offended by her cruel division, there is much pause of thought about bringing her back for more.