Free Parking - Putin's main psy-ops tool

With their success in 2016, they will be pushing even harder now.

K&R

Using a bit of the original question to not answer it and pivot to control the narrative..
ie "what about the large job losses?"
"I would like to look at the job gains this year and how it helps our economy"
You seem to be answering the question about jobs but pivoted away from losses to gains.
Like the Reflexive control in the above article you have a bit of truth and then move it so as not to answer the question and move it to your advantage. KellyAnn Conway is a master at this..

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if you step back and watch. Now we know why they do it and what they hope to accomplish. But if we know too, we can forestall them in their efforts. But we can't let our gaze falter for a second because they are so good at what they do.

We need to educate ourselves in a hurry. But one of the things that is really scary here is that misinformation is becoming increasingly pervasive. And NOT just by state actors. It used to be that misinformation and dirty tricks campaigns were mainly the purview of the political and government entities. Now the floodgates have opened and you have these types of activities coming from corporations, interest groups, religious organizations, extremist groups .. and on and on. Why? 1) because just as the political dirty tricksters kept finding out, it WORKS. We human beings are incredibly vulnerable to influence and suggestion. and 2) It's EASY! With the advent of the internet and a handful of digital tools available to every ten year old, you too can be an influencer! There is a huge, huge upside. (Hey, you might gain control of the most powerful country in the world!) And the downside, is practically nonexistent. What have been the real costs (either personal, financial or reputation wise) to corporate funding of climate change denial? If I'm and activist, an extremist, or even just a corporate huckster, why WOULDN'T I try fake news?

We are literally swimming in information these days. A lot of it unreliable at the very best. And it is going to get exponentially worse as we figure out the advantages to be had by employing "fake news" and false narratives. We are going to have to vet sources in a way that we've never even imagined or considered .. and even that may not provide all the protection we need. Prepare yourself to soon be seeing film clips of people in places that they have never been, and saying things that they have never said. It's not even that hard to do!

Yes, the Russians screwed with us in 2016 .. found out it was incredibly easy, cheap and effective .. and there is no doubt at all that they will be back for another helping in 2020. Why wouldn't they? But you also need to be looking at everything else that comes across your screen (or out of your neighbor's mouth) with a very jaundiced eye.

Just ask those leaders who were overthrown

we just killed people. They're pushing us into a box and then will close the lid.

and more than a few of the evangelicals in these parts were involved. I lived through this.

and make truth relative, we have to be very vigilant.

And very important to understand their methods.

I would suggest that those among us who may have the capability to employ similar tactics (and I don't really mean our own intelligence agencies...I'm sure they are trying, and all, but I suspect they're hopelessly outmatched here, based on tangible results), but if similar methods could be used to disrupt the MAGAts limited thought process enough to make them think twice about voting at all, etc....well, I'd suggest that those on the side of democracy and for the good of the people (not just the .0001% at the top of the economic pyramid) take off the kid gloves and do what we can to fight back.

advantage, but I don't think that using maskirovka would be the best approach since that would only add to the fog and then truth is distorted in another way.

Thank you!

Please pass this on to others. Even a short primer on the subject helps clear the fog.