I'm not well-read on this time period, but I wanted to mention a book that deals with a very similar topic, albeit in a later period (1870s): The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber. (It was also a mini-series.)
It might provide some inspiration. You could also ask for some research pointers from r/AskHistorians.
Yo, don't know much about this topic, but I would suggest wikiquote.org. It's a quote site that's searchable by both People and Subjects, and is run and operated by Wikimedia -- the guys behind Wikipedia.
You can simply go on there and, with a simple search, you have a lot of quotes.
Don't know if that helps or not.
Venkman uses it to sedate Dana in her apartment in Ghostbusters. There may be a newer drug but in the 80s and 90s it would have been thorazine.
Look into council communism or commune-based anarchism. Reading The Conquest or Bread by Peter Kropotkin might help.
You can also find a lot of potentially useful political theory on the Anarchist Library
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The same way any CEO would, I assume -- through a mix of personal loyalty and positive reinforcement, plus carefully keeping his employees in the dark. If only he really knows exactly how much money is being made, for instance, his subordinates may presume they're getting their fair share of the profits. If it's necessary for at least one of them to know how much is being made (like the finance guy), he can keep him shut up by paying him more than the others. That's just how businesses work.
Here's something that might be a shortcut for you -- you say the wizard can do illusions, but not conjure up actual matter. Okay. What about mind control or enchantment? The equivalent of good ol' <em>suggestion</em> in D&D. That could certainly make minion recruitment a lot easier for him.
> Now, directly below him in his company are 5 individuals that oversee the 5 basic aspects of the company: Money, People, Research, Law, and Public Interaction.
In case someone hasn't already brought this up, in a real-world company, that would probably correspond to the Finance, Human Resources, Research & Development, Legal, and Public Relations departments.
I haven't listened to it yet? But I just heard about a podcast that goes into this called, "it could happen here".
This looks like the first episode: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/the-second-american-civil-war-30751081/
Well, cop cars are equiped with a networked computer, but for an operation like you described, the officers would need the ability to communicate at all time, not just inside their vehicle. So yeah, it would just look like someone using his phone, cause that's exactly what it is. The phone you have in your pocket is a powerful enough computer that you don't need anything else, especially when it comes to communications.
https://www.privacytools.io/#im Here, these are just some examples of things any random joe can use. Strong encrypted communication software is pretty commonplace nowadays. A police department may use their own proprietary system however. The NSA spends a lot of money developping this stuff.
If Revolutionary War soldiers will feature prominently in your story, I highly recommend the Osprey Men-at-Arms series. They are small, slim books with all the detail you can shake a stick at.
1) You can still find blood in the organs.
2) It may be fun if you read this book and its sequel:
https://www.amazon.com/Coroner-Book-Thomas-T-Noguchi-ebook/dp/B00L5M8U68
3) Oh, and anything by Cyril Wecht.
Try your library.