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There is something about Turkey 🤔 Can’t be an accident that Turkey is the origin of ‘byzantine’ as an adjective, and the idea of a deep state, AND where several people who are suspiciously good at analyzing social dynamics, like Zeynep Tufecki and Timur Kuran, are from.
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Someone could probably write a good detective series featuring a Turkish consultant detective who solves propaganda war mysteries. Oh another Turkish competency is succession by fratricidal hunger games
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CEO: “I’ve been canceled by grifters and the stock is tanking. What do now?” Admin assistant: “Call in The Turk?” All the yes men chime in “the Turk... the Turk...” Even those who disagree chime in, falsifying preferences* Availability cascade* follows * Timur Kuran idea
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deeply embedded in the culture for more than a century.(outlasts the 3 generation memory limit) ? Every child knows it's important and aspires. The selection pool is massive.
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People focus on Russia, Russia, Russia but the Turks have been playing games as have the Chinese, Israelis, Saudis, various corporations, small groups, & individuals are all finagling in the USA's government(s), business communities, and all over the country.