Protestors In Karl Marx City

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Protestors can also face psychological defensive tactics, as seen in “Karl Marx City”. The Stasi, the official state security service in East Germany under the German Democratic Republic, used various tactics to stop opposition. Many of the Stasi officers were forced to either work with the state or be targeted by the state. When interviewed, a former Stasi Officer explains to filmmaker Petra Epperlein that he was “more afraid than [he] loved [his] country”, which is why he aligned himself with the party rather than resistance. The Stasi would make a point of implementing psychological trauma in addition to physical force and arrests, playing mind games with the targeted individual. The Stasi was commonly known for entering apartments and …show more content…
When Cyclone Nargis hit Burma in 2008, over 130,000 people, mainly innocent civilians, were killed. Though children were literally being tied to trees in order to not be blown away by the wind, and a title surge swept away thousands of children leaving them orphaned and starving, the government’s direct response was to downplay this tragedy. Messages were broadcasted on television’s and radio stations telling the Burmese people not to listen to any international news source and to only trust the government’s media channels, arguing that the international community was exaggerating about the effects of the tragedy, when in reality the Burmese government was selfish and did not want any sort of international aid (01:10). Helicopters and boats were trying to enter Bangkok in an attempt to deliver supplies and relief efforts, yet the Burmese military wouldn’t grant permission to any international body to enter (01:15). Even the Red Cross was denied entry, which shows how little these regimes care about the well- being of their people, and only about their selfish
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