the security state turns inward
the security state turns inward this is the devolution to dictatorship EL GATO MALO honest question: is anyone even remotely surprised by these sorts of revelations anymore ? this appears to have been the default state all over the world. throughout the west, military and militarized information and propaganda groups waged overt war on their own people. this was not “the russians.” it was us. our own security states turned on us, manipulated us, and tried to prevent us from speaking our minds or seeing the truth. this was not some exception. this was seemingly everywhere and it looks like perhaps we have just enough freedom left from the freedom of information acts to let us pry some of this activity out into the light where it can be seen. but the bigger questions remain: just how much of this remains opaque? what are we not being told? because i’ll wager my whiskers this is just the tip of the iceberg. Much of the Government’s wider work on disinformation is shrouded in secrecy fo