08-09-2024, 12:17 PM
(08-09-2024, 12:08 AM)l0st Wrote: Hahaha I assure you, trolls were around lloooonngg before the Internet. I was a SysOp on 6 different BBSes, but primarily moderated only the one of them. Had to give several the boot over that stuff. They were around on Compuserve message boards circa late 80's, too.
Do remember CSICOP pseudo-scepic debunkers (like Oberg) being rather active back in those days mate - I'm sure they were working 24/7 shifts lol.
Regarding Military Intelligence using 'sock-puppets and shills'.to target populations (now domestic) there's a handy playbook below.
Sourced by ETMN.
Quote:And in that digging, we discovered something shocking.
In 1954, the CIA didn’t just use media manipulation to turn a country upside down and install the president that the U.S. wanted.
The agency wrote a six-stage, step-by-step playbook for exactly how to do it.
And:
Quote:Once upon a time in Guatemala, the CIA hired a cocky American actor and two radio DJs to launch a revolution and oust a president. Their playbook is being used against the U.S. right now.
The (Literally) Unbelievable Story of the Original Fake News Network