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A key insight or dreconceptualization
Konfliktujące agendy

You see a Key Concept, one of the most important principles according to which the world in general and the world of people operate.

These concepts are referenced throughout the Patterns series, including the Patterns for Victory series and Us or Them!. A concise summary and two or three key examples are provided at the beginning of each volume. See other key reconceptualizations.

A key concept in a book Us or Them 2: Israel in the Middle East

(insight #5).
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Conflicting agendas

It is obvious that our long- and short-term plans can be contradictory. The same applies to loyalty to communities and the selfish goals of the individual belonging to them. In the volume "Us or Them!" vol. 2, the main theme is the contradiction of community interests in a situation of external conflict – with another community. The essence of these contradictions is the hierarchy of loyalties to various centers of influence.

An example is individuals belonging to an enslaved or colonized community, who are pushed into positions of power so that external geopolitical or business forces can pursue their interests, which are diametrically opposed to the interests of the "victims." We usually call this elite corruption in colonies or quasi-colonies, and as an example, we cite various African states which, despite gaining formal independence in the second half of the 20th century, are still deprived of sovereignty – but through economic mechanisms and, among other things, as a result of the inability to develop elites resistant to corruption on an international scale.

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