Caroline Orr BuenoNov 16, 2022
Every day is a good day to remember that Russia's "firehose of falsehood" propaganda model has been adopted by the likes of Trump, Steve Bannon, etc., and we are all targets of it. The goal of this style of propaganda is not to convince you that any particular narrative is true, but to exhaust your cognitive resources and make you question whether the truth really exists at all.
Show threadCaroline Orr BuenoNov 16, 2022

This style of propaganda is part of a doctrine of asymmetric information warfare, which uses our information channels and spaces to wage an endless cycle of chaos and confusion.

Chaos is the strategy, confusion is the result.

The purpose is to overwhelm you, distract you, and exhaust you with constant information overload so you don’t have the clarity to see the big picture or the energy to fight the real battle against fascism.

Show threadCaroline Orr BuenoNov 16, 2022
Asymmetric information warfare takes place on a battlefield with no rules and no consistency — it seeks to confuse you to the point where you don’t know what your enemies are doing or even who your enemies are. It seeks to overwhelm you and break you down by subjecting you to an ever-shifting state of reality.
Show threadCaroline Orr BuenoNov 16, 2022

The ultimate goal is to undermine your perceptions of the world so you never really know what is happening. It’s a strategy to maintain power by keeping you constantly confused and overwhelmed.

Because it is undefinable, it often seems unstoppable. But it's not unstoppable -- you just have to know what you're up against.

And that's my goal: To help you see it, characterize it, and develop the cognitive resilience you need to fight it, so you can save your energy for the real fight ahead.

Show threadAndreas K
@rvawonk It's a traditional skill associated with the KGB, throw enough bull shit into the public discourse, that most cannot find the obvious most probable version.
Nov 17, 2022 at 9:18amWeb
Show threadAndreas KNov 17, 2022

@rvawonk It does not help that in most Western countries, critical thinking has been mostly eliminated from school curricula.

My sarcastic side cries out, that a surprising number of Bachelors degrees are a bit weak on this, preparing their graduates to be good drones in the workplace.

“Thinking scientifically? We had a scientific working workshop to help you write your bachelor's thesis?
Yeah, we are overly elitist here, but it seems useful to avoid overly embarrassing theses”