Ep. 2 - Cling to your taboos!

Let's say you wanted to control a country.
How would you start?
We'd want to make sure you had the complete obedience of everybody inside your borders who was authorized to use deadly force.
You would start with the military and then federal law enforcement and move your way down ultimately to agencies like the IRS controlling the guns would be a top priority for you if you ever wanted to go dictatorial if you wanted to be baby doc. But let's say you had deeper ambitions. Let's say you wanted the power, not simply to control people's behavior, but to control how they think, not just their bodies, but their minds as a God would. In that case, you need to take charge of the society's taboos.