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Happy SHUT THE FUCK UP Friday!

Friendly reminder:
Every day is STFU Friday!

Never talk to:
• System pigs
• Law enforcement
• Nigger cattle
• Anyone who isn't /us/

Say nothing:
➡️ At work
➡️ In public
➡️ Online

The enemy is listening!
Whatever you say, say nothing!

Critical thinking, in the form of detailed, disciplined analysis, offers a way to understand complex issues.

It requires practice: carefully listening to arguments and reading through the publications of think tanks, nonprofit institutes, and academia for background and a thorough understanding of issues. It requires considering the priorities and biases of the person or organization presenting an argument, and investing the time and effort to read their reports carefully.

Though critical thinking is developed through practice, there are some basic principles that apply.

• Approaching a problem or issue
Be open-minded and work to be well informed. Examine your own beliefs and values. Avoid looking at the problem, the issue, or the evidence from the viewpoint of your beliefs and values.

• Defining the problem or issue
Analyze problems systematically. Develop a model of the problem.

• Generating hypotheses
Formulate ideas succinctly and precisely. Define terms in a way appropriate for the context. Rank the relevance and importance of ideas. Understand the logical connections between ideas.

• Testing hypotheses
Evaluate the evidence for and against a hypothesis. Judge the credibility of sources. Ask appropriate clarifying questions. Determine the quality of an argument, including the acceptability of its reasons, assumptions, and evidence. Identify inconsistencies and mistakes in reasoning.

• Developing and defending your conclusions
Draw conclusions when warranted, but with caution. Identify and support your conclusions and assumptions.

• Modern propaganda is based on the scientific research of psychology and sociology.

• The propagandist uses the knowledge gained from research to develop techniques on the basis of their knowledge of human tendencies, desires, needs, psychic mechanisms, conditioning, social psychology, and depth psychology.

• Modern propaganda mimics science in that all propagandists follow a set of rules.

• Propagandists must analyze the environment (milieu) and the individual subjected to propaganda.

• Scientific, psychological, and sociological aspects are considered.

• There is no "one size fits all" solution to deploy propaganda. Techniques and approaches are unique to each situation.

• Propaganda used in one situation may not be suitable or effective in another.

• Total propaganda is the effective use of all forms of media - TV, internet, radio, posters, meetings, etc., in order to influence individuals.

• Total propaganda seeks to short-circuit the individual from critical thinking in order to accept the propaganda's value system and morale.

➡️ Notice we say, "the propaganda's value system." The value system being pushed by the propaganda may differ significantly from that of the propagandist.

• The propagandist may use any means necessary to achieve an end.

• An end of any propaganda is the individual's submission—conformity.

• Orthopraxy is the goal of modern propaganda; to provoke action.

• The individual develops an active and mythical belief.

• The individual acts unconsciously on behalf of the propagandist.

• The individual's motives are not his own, but the propagandists.

• Orthopraxy short-circuits rational thought and behavior.

• Myth work can aid in the dissemination of propaganda.

• A myth is an all-encompassing, activating image.

• The individual finds all that is good, just, and true within this myth.

• Since man wants to achieve this good, he is moved to action in chasing this myth.

• He will do his part to help materialize this myth.

• Any material presented as fact should be accurate.

• If not, the propaganda will cease to be effective because the audience will be aware of the deception and reject it.

• However, the propagandist can insert falsehoods that have some basis in fact.

• For instance, Propaganda can effectively rest on a claim that some fact is untrue which may actually be true but is difficult to prove.

• The aim is to manipulate evidence to gain credibility.

• Propaganda must address itself simultaneously to the individual and to the masses.

• Propaganda must reach individuals enclosed in the masses and as participants in the mass, yet also aim at the crowd, but only as a body composed of individuals.

• That means the individual is never considered as an individual, but always in terms of what he has in common with others.

• However, propaganda must give the impression of being personal.

• Propaganda must attach itself to what already exists in the individual, meaning the propaganda must have a psychological connection to the person.

• The person begins to value the propaganda's ideas, myths, and opinions.

• Propaganda must express the fundamental currents of the society it seeks to influence.

• The propagandist must know the sentiments and opinions, the current tendencies and the stereotypes among the public he is trying to reach.

• By doing this, the propaganda has a better chance of reaching more people and having more people succumb to its message.

• Again, the propagandist must understand the people and environment through analysis then employ the appropriate measure to gain a result.

• The propagandist must never make a direct attack on an established, reasoned, durable opinion or an accepted cliche. By doing so, the propagandist wears himself to no avail. This is considered this to be a bad propagandist.

• Any attacks made against established, reasoned, durable opinion or accepted cliches must be indirect and subversive.

One of the most important texts on propaganda is "'https://t.me/c/1921353700/388/8080' rel='nofollow'>Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes" by Jacques Ellul.

Ellul's (1965) book falls into that category of propaganda literature focused on state propaganda and sociological propaganda.

While the text is seminal in propaganda studies, it does not account for the major revolutions in technology that have occurred since that era, and also has no discussion on non-state actors using propaganda within a nation state or across several nation-states.

However, where Ellul excels is in bringing the rigor of social science definitions and academic analysis to the act of propaganda.

This is a highly analytical text, well researched and defended.

Former deputy undersecretary of the US Army Thaddeus Holt's key commandments of misleading (M-type) deception:

• Your goal is not to make the opponent think something; it is to make the opponent do something.

• You want your opponent not only to do something—but do something specific.

• It is not always necessary to make the decision maker in your target network believe in the false state of affairs that you want to project; but it is enough to make him so concerned over its likelihood that he feels that he must provide for it.

• Non-action is a form of action; the decision to do nothing is still a decision.

THE ENEMY IS LISTENING