How Reflexive Control Works

Using Reflexive Control Russia convinces its enemies (whether states or individuals) to act of their own volition voluntarily in ways which benefit Russia.

The idea is to understand your enemy’s reflexes - say, that your enemy gets angry very easily. Then you purposely trigger your enemy - you provoke them to become angry. Then, when because of their passion, your enemy behaves in a certain predictable manner according to their reflexes. Russia then swoops in to punish that mistake, perhaps in the case of a honey trap, by using a film of a targets surrender to being seduced by someone whom the Russians already know the target will be partial to. Then Russia uses the tape as a means of blackmailing the target into further compromising positions which benefit Russia.

Source: Trigger, Experience, Reaction (III)

The honey trap as the perfect illustration of TER weaponised through Reflexive Control. Russia studies your reflexes (T), engineers the emotional experience (E), then exploits your predictable reaction (R) to blackmail you into deeper compromise.

See also: War Magic for reflexive control as military doctrine.

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