The basic reason infowar tactics work at scale is that our brains are wired for evidentiary scarcity (like our metabolism is wired for scarcity of salt/sugar/fat)
We seek confirmation (fragile) over disconfirmation (robust) because that’s rational in info-scarcity environments
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The difference here being scale of mediation and target being citizens rather than opposed spy agencies. It is counterintelligence at propaganda scale.
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Probably greater. Though there’s a really weird disconnect where you say “hah, the NYT is deep state conspiracy... so hah I’ll trust Alex Jones instead because clearly he is verifiably trustworthy”
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