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les online's avatar

They manipulate our desires,

They manipulate our guilt,

They manipulate or fears...

We're Their best weapon against us...

We're just puppets on strings to Them...

.......

People will tell you that, on the one hand, that Dr Sigmund Freud's ideas

are a load of rubbish; while on the other hand, they'll tell you Siggy's nephew**

drew upon Siggys's ideas in establishing modern emotional-based advertising /

propaganda. techniques... Doublethink ?

** dubbed "The Father of Modern Propaganda"...

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les online's avatar

Why not ! They weaponised shaming to coerce submission to Their

'mandates' - let's weaponize shaming against Them...

And throw in lots of Ridicule while we're at it !!

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Navyo Ericsen's avatar

More brilliance from your pen - um, pixels - Johan. Their dirty little secret's in the name - Artificial Intelligence. Made-up Intelligence. Artifice. Fake, sham. And I'm going to be using 'tea leaves' as the foundation of all my discussions on AI from here on. Hope HK is treating you well. Last time I was there everyone was shouting at each other.

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Meletios's avatar

the little caesars meme mid-text obliterated my train of thought hahaha

I like the reference to the Yakuza and the social stigma which led (in part) to their downfall. Do you think that type of social unity could be achieved in the West?

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