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Card #c126IR // #c126Synthesis

The third rule is: Wherever possible go outside of the experience of the enemy. Here you want to cause confusion, fear, and retreat.

— In our words · Source: Rules for Radicals (Saul D. Alinsky)

[Use when]

When you're planning how the enemy will react to something new.

[Why it matters]

The mirror of rule two: unfamiliar tactics are a weapon only when pointed at the other side.

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