If I understand what 5GW is at its core (warfare conducted through social engineering, misinformation, cyberattacks, and use of AI), we’ve been in some parts of this war for decades already. The majority of people just didn’t realize it because they didn’t know they were being lied to by the powers that control media and technology. The lying goes all the way back to pre-internet days when they lied to us through the television, radio and print media; and the social engineering started in the 1960’s with the disruption to the family unit. The internet and various social media platforms have certainly accelerated the war. Calling it a new generation of war may reflect the fact that it’s being conducted almost exclusively on this battlefield, as opposed to traditional wars conducted through military action.
The strange thing about this kind of warfare is that the victims can opt out of the war at any time simply by doing what I call, with deep respect, “going Amish”. If we unplug or limit our exposure to the propaganda, we can’t be influenced. In a traditional war, if they want to shoot me, there isn’t much I can do to stop them other than hide, and that has its limits.
I highly recommend Gen.Flynn/LtCOl Cutler’s “Citizen’s Guide to 5th Generation Warfare”. It’s $29 on Amazon and not a huge long read. Very well laid out and if I had the money I’d be dozens of copies and hand ‘em out. I did send a copy to a old friend who is a state legislator and he was glad to get it, and paid it forward with copies to others.