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What does it mean?
He argues that outlawing a group creates martyrs and legends, using Robin Hood as an example.
In plain terms
Banning people turns them into heroic symbols.
What can you take from it?
Oppression can unintentionally elevate the status of the oppressed.

Where it applies

  • legal repression
  • censorship

Putting it to work

  • political strategy
  • propaganda

Questions to consider

  • When does repression backfire?
  • How do legends shape resistance?

Another view

The logic ignores the human cost of persecution.

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