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Thursday, December 4, 2025

NEW YORK POST: Accused Chinese agent Linda Sun boasted Gov. Hochul ‘much more obedient’ than Andrew Cuomo

Here are the most reliable, observable signs that reveal how obedient (or compliant) a person tends to be in real-life situations. These are drawn from psychology research (e.g., Milgram’s obedience studies, Hofstede’s power-distance work, personality psychology, and decades of workplace/military studies).

STRONG INDICATORS OF HIGH OBEDIENCE or COMPLIANCE 

Quick acceptance of authority symbolsSalutes, stands up, or says “yes sir/ma’am” when someone in uniform, a lab coat, or with a title enters.Uses formal titles unprompted (“Doctor,” “Sergeant,” “Manager”).
LOW PUSHBACK AGAINST RULES, EVEN TRIVIAL OR QUESTIONABLE ONES
Follows dress codes, signage (“employees must wash hands”), or minor procedures without questioning.Rarely asks “Why?” when given an order.
DISCOMFORT WITH AMBIGUITY OR BREAKING PROTOCOL
Becomes anxious or apologetic if they accidentally violate a rule.Prefers written instructions over verbal “just use your judgment.”
HIGH CONFORMITY IN ASCH-TYPE SITUATIONS
Will go along with obvious group wrong answers rather than stand out (you can test this casually in small experiments).
PEOPLE-PLEASING AND CONFLICT AVOIDANCE
Says “sure, no problem” even when mildly inconvenienced.Apologizes excessively or backs down quickly in disagreements.
RESPECT FOR HIERARCHY AND TRADITION
Defers to older people, bosses, or “experts” automatically.Scores high on Hofstede’s Power Distance Index tendencies (common in many East Asian, Latin American, and some European cultures).
BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAIT: VERY LOW ASSERTIVENESS & HIGH AGREEABLENESS
In the HEXACO model: extremely low “Rebelliousness” facet, high “Conscientiousness” (duty/organization facet).
RESPONSE TO THE MILGRAM-STYLE PROMPT (INFORMAL TEST)
If you give a direct order phrased as coming from legitimate authority (“The policy requires you to…”), a highly obedient person will comply even if it feels slightly wrong or inconvenient.
SIGNS OF LOW OBEDIENCE (HIGH INDEPENDENCE & REBELLIOUSNESS)
Questions authority routinely (“Who decided this?” “Why this way?”)Comfortable bending or ignoring rules they consider stupidHigh Machiavellianism or narcissism scoresHistory of whistleblowing, getting fired for insubordination, or frequent job-hopping because “I won’t follow dumb rules”
QUICK FIELD TESTS YOU CAN USE (ETHICALLY)
Give a mildly absurd but harmless instruction from a position of authority (“Please fill out this form in pencil only, then immediately erase it”). Highly obedient people will do it without laughing or pushing back.Put up a fake sign (“All visitors must wear sticker name tags—see front desk”) and watch who complies without questioning.

In short: the strongest predictors are automatic deference to authority symbols, discomfort with rule-breaking, and a habitual “yes” response to legitimate-sounding requests—especially when personal consequences for refusal are low. 

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TARIFF: Trump has lifted the ban on inexpensive vehicles like the $14K Toyota Hilux (below), $2K Micro-EVs, or $4K Suzuki Alto. Get ready.

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SAMA HOOLE: Modern nutrition science: 70 years old. Funded by food industry. Causing epidemic disease. Traditional wisdom: Millions of years old. Tested by survival. Producing healthy populations.

Every traditional culture Weston A. Price studied had dietary wisdom passed down through generations: Swiss villagers: "The butter and cheese make strong bones. Don't eat the valley food." Gaelic islanders: "Fish heads and organs have the strength. Don't skip them." Maasai: "Blood and milk make warriors. Grain makes farmers weak." Inuit: "Fat is life. Lean meat is death. The white food is poison." Polynesians: "The sea provides strength. The land food is for famine." Australian Aboriginals: "Follow the animals. They know what to eat." They weren't guessing. They were passing down thousands of years of empirical observation. Children who ate traditional food: Healthy, strong, survived. Children who didn't: Weak, sick, died. Natural selection is the ultimate peer review. It ran for millennia. The results were clear. Modern nutrition science: 70 years old. Funded by food industry. Causing epidemic disease. Traditional wisdom: Millions of years old. Tested by survival. Producing healthy populations. Which one should we trust? We chose the 70-year-old industry-funded science. Because it's "modern." The traditional cultures watched us choose wrong. They tried to warn us. "That food will make you sick. It made us sick. Don't eat it." We called them ignorant. Backward. Unscientific. Then we got obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, autoimmune conditions, mental illness - all at epidemic rates. They were right. We were wrong. The evidence is overwhelming. But admitting this means admitting we've been poisoning ourselves for 70 years while calling it progress. Can't have that. Too embarrassing. Too expensive. Too many industries to dismantle. So we keep pretending traditional cultures were lucky. Or genetic outliers. Or that their health was coincidence. When actually they knew. They'd always known. And we forgot.

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BASIL THE GREAT: A list of dictators who abolished Jury Trials

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