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# Dark Tactics Defense

## The Big Idea

All of dark psychology fits in one line:
people only defend against what they can see.

Pros hide the mechanism. Your job is to see it.

And for your own side: use only moves that survive being explained out loud.

## The Trick List (so you can spot it)

1. Fake scarcity: "only 2 left", every week again
2. Small gift first, big ask after
3. Scare first, sell the rescue after
4. Tiny yes, then bigger and bigger yeses
5. Hot and cold attention that trains you to chase
6. Guilt: "after all I did for you..."
7. "Don't tell your partner or lawyer about this"
8. Word floods that sound smart and stop thinking
9. "Either this or disaster"
10. Making you doubt what you clearly saw

## The Defense

1. Never decide on someone else's clock. Rushed = slow down.
2. Get it in writing.
3. Keep your advisors close. Anyone who cuts them off is not on your side.
4. Ask for specifics. "What exactly does guaranteed mean?"
5. One sign means little. Two or more mean slow down.
6. A bad feeling without proof? Check before you trust or spend.

## The Honest Line (for your own moves)

Use freely. Works even when explained:
real proof, real deadlines, true numbers, named flaws, earned discounts,
freedom to walk, freedom to ask anyone.

Never touch. Always explodes later:
invented results, fake urgency, fake reviews, switch after sale,
fake titles, guilt trips, cutting people off from advisors.

The test: if they found out exactly what you did, angry or impressed?

## One-Line Memory

Honest influence keeps working after you explain it. Tricks only work
until they're seen.

From YannisKiefer/dark-psychology-skills, MIT.

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