Essay On Trager And Rudd

1. Trager and Rudd use a number of techniques to get what they and their bosses want without the use of violence. It is only through defining reality, the creation of doubt and invasion of privacy using surveillance that allows for such techniques to effectively work. Through the concept of “There Is No Alternative (TINA),” Trager and Rudd were able to perpetuate to Pete, Billy Ray and Badass that there were no other favorable outcomes to their situations beside those offered to them. Thus, essentially forcing the characters to comply with the two’s wishes. Likewise, through the creation of doubt, Trager and Rudd are able to manipulate Pete’s initial thoughts about separating from the two’s “business” and ultimately cause him to doubt whether such a change is even necessary. Lastly, Trager and Rudd used invasion of privacy through the use of surveillance to create fear in people and deter them from any course of action that they do not approve of. For example, when Trager and Rudd pulled out the
For people, such as Pete, to end their victimization due to shakedown racketeering, it is necessary for collective action to take place. Such behavior would require the “ability to elicit the cooperation of others,” which in return would create for even more cooperation and thus result in more power for the group to cause the change they so desperately need (Schwalbe, 2015). However, to obtain such cooperation would require not only “dispensing rewards and punishments,” but “manipulating or taking advantage of how people define reality,” which could easily result from making followers feel strongly enough to identify that the act of shakedown racketeering is wrong and that needed action against it is dire (Schwalbe, 2015). Thus, for these people to truly achieve the power necessary to end their victimization, it is necessary that they obtain and maintain “the skills and resources needed to elicit cooperation by shaping others’ beliefs and feelings” (Schwalbe,