Ritual persistence reflects chronic paranoia in the protection trade

Evidence

In Algiers, c’est la terreur…. One can no longer distinguish the brave from the cowards. Unless, as a result of living in fear, we have all become insensitive and unaware. Certainly, I don’t want to die and I absolutely do not want my children to die, but I am taking no particular precaution beyond those which have become habit over the past fortnight; limitation of going outside, expeditions to buy “in bulk”, an end to the visits of friends. But each time one of us goes out, on his return he describes an incident or reports a victim. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1583 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Distrust strategies can become autonomous habitual routines; Sustained terror normalizes precaution until fear becomes habit — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1583; Mafia apprenticeship deliberately inculcates generalized distrust (+1 more)

Related

• Sustained terror normalizes precaution until fear becomes habit (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Mafia apprenticeship deliberately inculcates generalized distrust #expands (0.82)
• Distrust strategies can become autonomous habitual routines #corroborates (0.78)
• Sustained terror normalizes precaution until fear becomes habit #corroborates (0.76) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1583