The Persecutor Slot: Psychological Capture as an Empirically Verifiable Structural Condition in Adversarial Mobilisation

Key Points

• The study aims to introduce and validate the concept of the Persecutor Slot as a psychological framework affecting adversarial relations.
• Examines the Persecutor Slot within a psychological capture architecture.
• Analyzes historical documentation of ideological shifts in the Bulgarian corridor.
• Details the seven-occupant substitution sequence, highlighting cross-ideological contexts.
• Demonstrates the continuity of enemy perception despite changing occupants in the Persecutor Slot.
• Provides empirical evidence from the Revival Process of 1984–89 supporting the concept.
• Explains how structural conditions maintain ideological functions over time.