Subnostr

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ContrarianAgrarian

I’ve been thinking a bit about so called #psyops and how to better inoculate my thinking from manipulation

It seems to have two parts:

1A) Things spontaneously happen

1B) Someone causes things to happen while making it seem spontaneous

And

2) Various people/organizations spin 1A/B to fit a desired narrative or at least align with a certain worldview

Regardless of 1A or 1B, it seems the pivotal part is how 2 is handled. 1B is probably easier to predict and shape but 1A could be just as impactful.

Does giving attention to an 1A/B event, even if to refute the mainstream spin, play into the hands of 2 by giving the ‘fire’ its ‘oxygen’? #asknostr

Specifically thinking about judicial decision about guy on subway, a high attention CEO murder story, and recent #drone confusion.

These each seem important in some way but also a distraction from other, more important issues.

🇵🇸 whoever loves Digit 1y ago

I'm about to sound like the opposite of myself. I'm a bitter antisocial dickhead who has been overly mean to people for talking about "distraction topics" before.

This might be a bad time to analyze this because real shit is happening right now. I think the subway guy ruling and CEO assassination deserve attention. I doubt the drones deserve your attention, but it could turn out they do too.

Turning away from your 3 examples to look for some other pointless thing people are talking about, my brain goes to the Hawk Tuah token, which I actually think is the first new meme coin in a while to deserve some attention, with the way they're trying to character assassinate the girl.

Then my brain goes to the thought that maybe all these things would be better to ignore because all they're supposed to do is distract you from Syria. Maybe what you should be focusing on is learning about Syria and educating others about what's happening there. But I'm pretty sure Syria is just yet another important thing people are talking about right now.

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