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Confusion as means of control. Pt2

Continuing on from that last post. Here’s an interesting article about people in China who are paid to sway/confuse/influence/”guide” public opinion on the internet. Al Weiwei interviews one of these paid commentors. http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/politics/2012/10/china%E2%80%99s-paid-trolls-meet-50-cent-party Worth reading the whole thing but I’m … Continue reading

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Confusion as means of control. Pt 1

Err right, this post is going to get convoluted as it’s sort of about trying to articulate things which are by nature confusing, contradictory and overwhelming. So apologies in advance if it all just collapses into incoherence. I’m mainly just … Continue reading

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