And then there's the craaaaaazy theory that QAnon is a CIA PsyOp (sorry, couldn't find a decent link and I am out of time). Would controlling such an entity not be useful in many different ways, in that it can be used very effectively to influence the beliefs of both conspiracy theorists, as well as non-conspiracy theorists?
People's perception of reality is a function of what information they consume. Controlling the major information distribution channels seems like it would be a good idea if you're the type of person/organization that desires to accomplish certain goals that may require public support.
Is anything like this happening today? How would one know, for sure?
https://swprs.org/wikipedia-disinformation-operation/
An example of a recent unusual executive change in an influential community:
https://old.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/k6iay8/rjoeroga...
Baseless conspiracy theory? See for yourself:
https://old.reddit.com/r/JoeRogan/about/moderators
Another curious development:
https://old.reddit.com/r/conspiracy_commons/comments/k6eq7v/...
And then there's the craaaaaazy theory that QAnon is a CIA PsyOp (sorry, couldn't find a decent link and I am out of time). Would controlling such an entity not be useful in many different ways, in that it can be used very effectively to influence the beliefs of both conspiracy theorists, as well as non-conspiracy theorists?
People's perception of reality is a function of what information they consume. Controlling the major information distribution channels seems like it would be a good idea if you're the type of person/organization that desires to accomplish certain goals that may require public support.
Is anything like this happening today? How would one know, for sure?