Total terror accelerates the death sentences nature or history have already pronounced

Evidence

Similar to decomposing a threat into a series is starting a threat with a punitive act that grows in severity with the passage of time. Where a threat of death by violence might not be credited, cutting off the food supply might bring submission. … Furthermore, the threatener may be embarrassed by his adversary’s collapse but not by his discomfort; and the device may therefore transform a dangerous once-for-all threat into a less costly continuous one. Tenants are less easily removed by threat of forcible eviction than by simply shutting off the utilities. — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 111 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Slowly escalating punishments prove more credible than sudden fatal threats — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 111; Total terror emerges only after opposition is already defeated; Totalitarian terror peaks when resistance has already vanished (+1 more)

Related

• Slowly escalating punishments prove more credible than sudden fatal threats (similarity 0.85)
• Total terror emerges only after opposition is already defeated (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Totalitarian terror peaks when resistance has already vanished #corroborates (0.80)
• Slowly escalating punishments prove more credible than sudden fatal threats #contradicts (0.78) — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 111
• Total terror emerges only after opposition is already defeated #qualifies (0.72)
• Absolute evil exceeds the categories of punishable and forgivable crime #expands (0.72)