That's usually the case more than actual asset assets. You can just platform people already saying what you want, there's enough people out there that you'll find em. Less leaky and cheaper.
Yep, the ideal is to make the career paths of true believers easier. There's no "controversy", as there is never any direct quid pro quo. And in the long term it's incredibly effective at pushing narratives in your direction. Imo the way the Kochs have managed to completely normalize their relatively extreme ideas in a few decades by simply funding econ departments and think tanks is a great example.
People need to imagine this stuff being done in office buildings by office dudes they've worked with and not dark rooms where shadowy figures smoke cigars and they'll get a way more real picture of how this shit works.
A lot of foreign policy plants only require paying off a local newspaper in another country and connecting it with a low level reporter at the targeted publication. They cite a stringer they “met in college” and point to a foreign language newspaper if anyone asks. The editors don’t know the difference.
That's usually the case more than actual asset assets. You can just platform people already saying what you want, there's enough people out there that you'll find em. Less leaky and cheaper.
Yep, the ideal is to make the career paths of true believers easier. There's no "controversy", as there is never any direct quid pro quo. And in the long term it's incredibly effective at pushing narratives in your direction. Imo the way the Kochs have managed to completely normalize their relatively extreme ideas in a few decades by simply funding econ departments and think tanks is a great example.
People need to imagine this stuff being done in office buildings by office dudes they've worked with and not dark rooms where shadowy figures smoke cigars and they'll get a way more real picture of how this shit works.
James Bond, but it's Garry in accounting
Misuse of company resources goes a loooong way
This is also why 99% of news is now reporting on fringe twitter users
Blue check reporters be like “I’ve seen this take 4 times today. Must be popular enough to write about”
Of course, if you give 'em a lil nudge now and again, that helps too.
A lot of foreign policy plants only require paying off a local newspaper in another country and connecting it with a low level reporter at the targeted publication. They cite a stringer they “met in college” and point to a foreign language newspaper if anyone asks. The editors don’t know the difference.
Yeah, it's usually really simple shit.
I really wish China would platform me already.
I believe in you. Keep trying.
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Sometimes I wonder about how much CIA money went to communists when they were overthrowing the French president in the 60s.