People likely will attempt to argue with you because this isn’t a war like we’ve seen. It’s kind of an evolution of the Cold War “proxy war” paradigm, but at an even larger meta scale, and convincing people it isn’t even happening is an integral part. What better way is there to shape public opinion on the matter? Even better that they can get large swaths of our society to do their bidding without realizing it.
It’s a 21st century war, attempting to create the 21st Century Schizoid Man described by King Crimson 50 years ago:
People likely will attempt to argue with you because this isn’t a war like we’ve seen. It’s kind of an evolution of the Cold War “proxy war” paradigm, but at an even larger meta scale, and convincing people it isn’t even happening is an integral part. What better way is there to shape public opinion on the matter? Even better that they can get large swaths of our society to do their bidding without realizing it.
It’s a 21st century war, attempting to create the 21st Century Schizoid Man described by King Crimson 50 years ago:
Death seed, blind man's greed
Poets' starving, children bleed
Nothing he's got he really needs
Twenty-first century schizoid man