Noun
control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
Source: WordNetAny assumption of legitimate political power (government and rule) by the bourgeoisie represented a fascist loss of totalitarian state power for social control through political unity—one people, one nation, one leader. Source: Internet
And yet it sometimes appeared that Obama was reluctant to acknowledge the depth and breadth of the structural changes required to address police violence and the prevailing systems of racial and social control. Source: Internet
"Authority is defined in terms of the right to exercise social control (as explored in the "sociology of power") and the correlative duty to obey (as explored in the "philosophy of practical reason"). Source: Internet
Now we have social control via their masking initiatives, for a virus that has shown itself to be 99.8% survivable, but everyone pays for the fear that’s being sown by Little Lord Fauci. Source: Internet
Criminal organizations therefore gravitate around illegal avenues of production, profit-making, protectionism or social control and attempt (by increasing their operations or membership) to make these acceptable. Source: Internet
Hugh Williamson believes it served not only a military function, but also a political one; a very visible example of grandiose public works used as a means of social control and to assert claims of legitimacy. Source: Internet