So, one layer of metaphor stripped, Winter Soldier's thesis is that the NSA is the way it is because ODESSA infiltrated it. Sounds legit.
@sethanikeem @otterdisaster @catvincent A basically deceitful and dissociative one, that this isn't something *we* would've done, somehow…
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@sethanikeem@otterdisaster@catvincent …we were fooled by bad guys, but it might be that that's what we need to walk it back at all. -
@sethanikeem@otterdisaster@catvincent Owning our actual responsibility might just lead to escalation of commitment.
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@chaosprime@otterdisaster@catvincent My "devil's advocate" comments arise more from having seen it backfire. The tactic is double-edged. -
@sethanikeem@otterdisaster@catvincent Yeah, I think if it's going to be helpful at all, it's as an unstated emotional hedge. -
@sethanikeem@otterdisaster@catvincent So I should probably stop explicating it. But, hey, It's Just Twitter™. -
@chaosprime@otterdisaster@catvincent In a world of nearly 24/7 observation, everything is hidden in plain sight. And must be.
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@chaosprime@otterdisaster@catvincent I wish I had more faith that people weren't - by and large - bogged down by comfortable apathy. -
@sethanikeem@otterdisaster@catvincent I feel like the mood is more desperate helplessness than apathy as such, until one is exhausted. - 1 more reply
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