Pattern family
Belonging to a group gets converted from something built together into something owned by a few, a test that sorts rightful members from people merely tolerated. The sorting usually stays invisible to the people running it, because it recruits a real loyalty and points it at a boundary.
Belonging weaponization
Public discourseBelonging is presented as a truth, then used to sort the public into rightful residents and tolerated occupants.
Purity framing
Public discourseYou felt virtuous because the group was pure. You did not notice that the purity was measured by who was missing.
Dog whistle
Public discourseOne sentence, two audiences. The deniability is aimed at the larger one.
Preemptive dehumanization
Public discourseYou called them animals and you did not feel the flinch. That was the point. The word landed before the conscience could.
Symbolic occupation
Public discourseThe object is not a deed. The object is a picture of control.
Compliance theater
Public discourseYou signed the pledge and felt better. The signing was the whole thing. Nothing changed except the signing.