PSY-OP’s Tricks of The Trade

Psychological operations are operations to convey selected information and indicators to audiences to influence their motives, and objective reasoning, and ultimately the behavior of governments, organizations, groups, and large foreign powers.

Distractions from core issues

PSY-OP's Tricks of The Trade / Claudio Marty

Symptoms of a problem are used as a distraction from focusing on the core issue. The use of a problem’s symptoms as a diversion from concentrating on the main problem. CREATE MEME FACTORY

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Believe

What is the true meaning of believe?

: to accept something as true, genuine, or real. ideals we believe in. believes in trickle down economics. : to have a firm or wholehearted religious conviction or persuasion –

A belief system is an ideology or set of principles that helps us interpret our everyday reality. This could be in the form of religion, political affiliation, philosophy, or spirituality, among many other things. These beliefs are shaped and influenced by a number of different factors, the most nefarious of which is indoctrination.

Deductive Reasoning

What is deductive reasoning in simple terms?

Deductive reasoning is a logical process in which a conclusion is based on the concordance of multiple premises that are generally assumed to be true. Deductive reasoning is sometimes referred to as top-down logic. Deductive reasoning relies on making logical premises and basing a conclusion around those premises.

Ideologue

i·de·o·logue

noun: ideologue; plural noun: ideologues

an adherent of an ideology, especially one who is uncompromising and dogmatic.

“he doesn’t consider himself a political ideologue, preferring to arrive at conclusions pragmatically”

Ideologues are the opposite of what we need right now. Not only do they espouse certainty, they cling to the past with absolutist ideas that grant no room for curiosity or questions. They also tend to require a hero to conquer the identified villain, rather than a pluralistic coalition that values diverse thinking. Those who refuse to fall in line are attacked for a lack of character and their motivations are questioned.

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