How Authoritarian Disinformation Works
How Authoritarian Disinformation Works
Here’s what most people get wrong about disinformation: They think the goal is to make you believe a lie.
It’s not.
The real goal is simpler and more insidious:
Make you distrust potential allies
Exhaust you so you disengage
Make compromise seem like betrayal
Prevent collective action
The goal isn’t persuasion. It’s paralysis.
