The objective here is to divide the population via chaos and erosion of faith in institutions, incite cycles of revenge violence, and finally, to step in and take control of government once the populace is worn down enough by to the point they will accept any leadership that promises security.

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I contend that they aren’t manufacturing evidence to convince people in reasoned and logical argument. They are manufacturing props to be used in a fantasy performance among people who collectively agree with the make-believe narrative of that performance.

I think this distinction matters because despite the sophistication of evidence-forging tools people who want to know the truth can still get to the heart of the matter and make that widely known, but the culture of participatory performative lying doesn’t require any tools at all—just bullshit.

The role that AI and deepfakes play in this frame is not as technical tools that disable our ability to make evidentiary claims. Rather, they exist as props that can be used by participants engaged in collective make-believe or play-acting who perform a fantasy reality for their audiences.

The former is fine. The latter is somewhere between incorrect and vaguely racist.

I guess what I'm saying is that there is a question about the intended /purpose/ of "ICE are learning from the IDF." Are you simply highlighting links between two criminal organisations? Or are you suggesting that American cops wouldn't murder people without Israeli example?

I can believe they have looked at their tactics, repurposed them for domestic aims. I also think that anyone who thinks this is, like, ideologically significant is lost in the sauce at minimum.

Best wishes 💜

ICE has murdered THIRTY TWO PEOPLE in detention centers. Four in the last week.

www.msn.com/en-us/news/c...

My solution was to use the expression "It's [...] pure juice" (pur jus), which does exist commonly in France, because it allowed translating "it's sparkling [...]" into "it's [...] concentrate" (du [...] à base de concentré). While losing the original pedantry, it retains the meaning.