It's Talmudic group mind control refined by the Frankfort School. A facilitator can place people with similar complaints about authority (true authority like the Constitution, the 10 Commandments, or just laws) into a group, suggest that they shouldn't have to be subject to that authority, and let them dialogue away their positions and create their own false authority. The group is effective because nobody naturally likes to be a source of discord. If someone is hesitant to give up their position and go along with the group, the facilitator will put pressure on them and make them appear to be the source of tension and conflict (ignoring that it is really the rebellion against authority that is bringing conflict). Most people will cave and compromise in some way and move away from their once strongly-held, facts-based position and accept the groups redefining of the positions based on how the group feels or thinks. The Chinese are good at this because they've been practicing for a long time but the source of this system is Babylon itself. We need to be willing to stand utterly alone in the face of the group and cling unapologetically to what we know to be true. When Jesus faced temptation in the desert He didn't rebuke Satan with His feelings or opinions. He repeated "It is written" and appealed to the higher authority which He served and which directed His feet. May we do the same and step outside the dialectic of compromise.