I’ve read many discussions in which certain ideas are denounced as CIA sabotage. I find myself torn between the two camps that form whenever this happens, usually because I have no idea what a CIA psyop actually looks like and have no reference for what a Marxist solution to, say, the question of what anti-colonial society actually looks like. It’s not an easy question, and it’s made all the more murky with the knowledge that plants and saboteurs absolutely exist.

Is there an ascribed methodology to identifying CIA propaganda?

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      So basically wasting time causing the biggest possible delay to meaningful change

      But what if OP’s post is a psyop 😳

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        One of the easiest ways to sabotage any org for sure, as well as grinding the gears to a halt by hanging on procedure. I practiced a lot of these at most of my jobs to avoid work, without realizing that the CIA did it better.

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          © Act stupid

          The auto switch from a lettered section to a copyright made me laugh more than it should. lol