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Thumbs up for the use of the appropriate word “disturbing” instead of more shriek-y terminology.

Thumbs down for the term “massive” for the ethical concerns. “Massive” violations of ethics occurred during the Nazi regime.

Thumbs down for the term “colossal”. “Colossal” stupidity was shown by governments during the 1940s Bengali famine and the 1960s Chinese famine. Nothing here reaches “colossal”.

Never underestimate the folly of large organizations of any stripe. They are all comprised of individuals who are just as silly as you are. There are just more of them and sometimes they have greater firepower.

Don’t know what you mean by “such operations” in the final sentence. Do you mean no “psyops”? Talk-talk is almost always better than bang-bang. If you were targeted with both, I think you would agree as well...



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