Why Coercive Control Is More Dangerous Than You Think #Manipulation #Psychology

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-31

[00:00:00]What Moore deployed against Shakespeare has a name in the psychological literature. It's called coercive control and it does not announce itself in the way that physical violence does. It sort of accumulates first with like financial access and then social distance and then communication restrictions until the person being managed has absolutely no independent reference point remaining.

[00:00:24]By the time Shakespeare's family knew something was wrong, Moore had built nearly a year of explanatory infrastructure around his disappearance.

[00:00:33]It was a plausible narrative. There were lots of letters and stuff like that. The entirely believable story of a man who simply wanted to be left alone. Click the link to the full video if you want to learn more. Hopefully, we see you over there.