I’m beginning to slowly recognize the full extent to which the culture wars are being fought with the seriousness, strategizing, purposes, and resources of real wars. The worst mistake you can make is to be out in public social media imagining it is just a metaphor.
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I even use the same concepts to try to convey it:https://twitter.com/ultimape/status/845858803392368643 …
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“War is a trial of moral and physical forces by means of the latter... In the last analysis it is at moral, not physical strength that all military action is directed.” ~Clausewitz Social networks cut out the need for physical force to attack your enemy’s morale.
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for some reason reminds me of this part of snow crashhttps://books.google.com/books?id=RMd3GpIFxcUC&pg=PA351&lpg=PA351&dq=he+know%27s+one+thing+the+metaverse+is+now+a+place+where+you+can+get+killed&source=bl&ots=29R7GMINHf&sig=oTttqH1MCIpZq_4MlqENVuKrSHQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwixzaS39bXZAhVM8IMKHRncD8AQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=he%20know's%20one%20thing%20the%20metaverse%20is%20now%20a%20place%20where%20you%20can%20get%20killed&f=false …
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Killing is obsolete not just because it’s cheaper but because it inspires the enemy to become aware of the assault and then resist. If you can effectively bring the enemy under your “will” without inspiring any response or counter-attack this is ideal. Violence undermines this.
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Of course this is only true when the antagonist has the weaker forces. When force balance changes so does preferred approach. We should not assume that adversaries are afraid to shed blood. They are just afraid to lose which is not the same thing.
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The body count is high: opioid deaths, gun deaths, lack of affordable health care deaths. It’s just that so far one side is doing a great job making sure the dead stay unheard.
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This is 100% “on the money” especially the insight that killing is obsolete, although this statement should be modified to “mass killing”. Open question: is a focus on moral warfare / information warfare a substitute or precursor to traditional armed conflict?
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