
# Purge Log - Pattern Documentation
# Updated: 03-02-2026 01:31
# Purpose: Research data on coercive tactics

2025-02-02 13:47 - @emifloofy
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                 - Power plays
                 - Bait-n-switch tactics
                 - Authority positioning
                 - Dismissive reframing
                 - Weaponized forgiveness
                              
02-02-2026 00:03 - @sophed
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                 - Authoritive claims
                 - Prescriptive about tools
                 - Dismissive attitude
                 - Superiority complex
                 - Invalidation techniques
                 - Epistemic dominance

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**Note:** Documentation informed by Jungian shadow theory. Most patterns
appear unconscious (unintegrated trauma) rather than malicious.

Research question: How do we design systems that preserve autonomy when
manipulation operates below conscious awareness?

Key insight: You cannot articulate someone out of shadow, you can only
build constitutional safeguards that work regardless of operator
consciousness.
