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Cognitive warfare. The mind is the new battleground.
War on the Rocks ^ | 8/1/2022 | DAVID PAPPALARDO

Posted on 08/01/2022 9:34:14 AM PDT by ChuckR163

It is 2050, and society is divided into an archipelago of community-based alternative reality zones. The French armed forces are tasked with “securing reality” in the face of an adversary capable of modifying collective behavior on a large scale through actions of deception and subversion. This was the scenario proposed last summer to the French Ministry of the Armed Forces by a “Red Team” program that links science-fiction authors with the military.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: psyop; warfare

1 posted on 08/01/2022 9:34:14 AM PDT by ChuckR163
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To: ChuckR163

Otherwise known as propaganda and it is being used against the citizens of the United States by the government of the United States.


2 posted on 08/01/2022 9:36:29 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: ChuckR163

Since ancient times, the mind has been the battlefield, started with Psychological Warfare (psy-ops). It’s only ‘new’ cause the battlefield of the mind will go cybernetics via chip implants, etc., all of which can be hacked and controlled.....


3 posted on 08/01/2022 9:43:40 AM PDT by cranked
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To: ChuckR163

The mind has always been the battleground.


4 posted on 08/01/2022 9:45:26 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: ChuckR163

It works on everyone except me said no one except me.


5 posted on 08/01/2022 9:46:51 AM PDT by Born in 1950 (Anti left, nothing else.)
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To: ChuckR163

Most Americans don’t have the weapons to deal with it.


6 posted on 08/01/2022 9:50:33 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: Born in 1950

I always think to myself “no one will believe this garbage”. And then most people believe it.


7 posted on 08/01/2022 9:52:25 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: ChuckR163

Sigh! I’m a .22 short in a MOAB world... :-(


8 posted on 08/01/2022 9:52:54 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: ChuckR163

I’d like to meet the generals and admirals who can understand and use this.

The Army doesn’t want smart Officers.

The Army wants obedient Officers.

The Chinese are attacking us with money and subterfuge.

The Democrat Party is their means of fighting us.


9 posted on 08/01/2022 10:04:29 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: Jim W N

Exactly. Sun Tzu said it 2,500 years ago.


10 posted on 08/01/2022 10:18:05 AM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: GingisK

“Most Americans don’t have the weapons to deal with it.”

Successful dismantling of the school system. The last thing the gov wants are critical thinkers.


11 posted on 08/01/2022 10:19:33 AM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: blueunicorn6

If you do meet them, you will probably be disappointed, if not convinced they are working for the other side.


12 posted on 08/01/2022 10:33:24 AM PDT by LambSlave
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To: ChuckR163

“The French armed forces are tasked with “securing reality” in the face of an adversary capable of modifying collective behavior on a large scale through actions of deception and subversion.”

I wish they would send them here to take on BLM, Antifa, climate hysterics, TDSers, MSMers, Dims........


13 posted on 08/01/2022 10:38:48 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: ChuckR163

Sounds a lot like, Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia.


14 posted on 08/01/2022 10:50:09 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: proust

The Bible’s been talking about it for 3500 years.


15 posted on 08/01/2022 10:54:29 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: proust
Successful dismantling of the school system. The last thing the gov wants are critical thinkers.

Exactly!

After replacing the current leftist, anti-MAGA curriculum, run the liberal MSM out of business.

The article speaks primarily in terms of traditional military battlespace; however, in our circumstances the concept is more applicable and immediate, if not imperative, to our day-to-day civilian "space".

16 posted on 08/01/2022 11:01:49 AM PDT by frog in a pot (Why again did they decide to change the label from Red to Blue for the Democrat party.?)
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To: proust

Once upon a time, I’d have thought that to be far fetched. Now it is one of the few remaining logical conclusions.


17 posted on 08/01/2022 11:40:20 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: VanShuyten

... take on BLM, Antifa, climate hysterics, TDSers, MSMers, Dims........


In other than a hot kinetic situation, just laugh at the above groups and their memes. Shake head, profess disbelief and walk away.

If enough people just refuse to accept their idiocy, it loses power. Don’t even argue, as it gives validity to the conflict. It does take repetition and time to defuse this stuff.

The rank & file leftists do this all the time when presented with truth: they laugh and say “I don’t believe you.”

For the dangerous situations, best to not be available at all.


18 posted on 08/01/2022 3:39:44 PM PDT by reformedliberal (Make yourself less available.)
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