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1. callme+(OP)[view] [source] 2026-02-04 22:33:10
They should all just go home. They already won. Remember this quote?

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." - William J. Casey, CIA Director (1981)

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2. csours+L[view] [source] 2026-02-04 22:36:10
>>callme+(OP)
There Is No Disinformation Department.
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3. cyberg+h4[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-04 22:57:39
>>csours+L
I see what you did there.
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4. shevy-+f6[view] [source] 2026-02-04 23:08:20
>>callme+(OP)
Well - the easier take-away is that the general public can not trust any of those top organisations. I think when a citizen can not trust the government anymore (in any country, at the least in a democracy), this is worrying. It's then more like the novel 1984 - while that referred primarily to the Soviet Union (Big Brother referred to Stalin for the most part), one could also find so many correlations to a "strong man"-led democracy too.
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5. shevy-+g6[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-04 23:08:41
>>csours+L
Everyone should read 1984! It is such a time-less classic.
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6. throwa+17[view] [source] 2026-02-04 23:12:35
>>callme+(OP)
> This quote, often phrased as "We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false," is widely attributed to William J. Casey, who served as the Director of Central Intelligence (CIA) under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1987.

> While frequently cited in literature and discussions about propaganda and media manipulation, the quote's authenticity is highly disputed and unverified.

Are you trying to be ironic?

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7. stopbu+Uu1[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-05 11:41:37
>>throwa+17
The Power of Nightmares | Part 1: Baby It's Cold Outside | Adam Curtis F... https://youtube.com/watch?v=jxBbw13Y3Gc?t=32m54s :

> I don't believe anything in Team B was really true

> [...]

> Casey was convinced that there was a single, organized network of evil in the world, [...] He found the proof he was looking for in a book called The Terror Network

The Power of Nightmares | Part 2 : The Phantom Victory | Adam Curtis Ful... https://youtube.com/watch?v=KolgBqJ95ug?t=6m16s re: Casey, Reagan, Bush, Wolfowitz and why we've spent trillions saving the world from such dastardly evil since Carter's record-setting low EJK term (which was affected by oil price shock)

The Power of Nightmares: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Nightmares

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8. laughi+mP1[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-05 14:16:43
>>throwa+17
Somebody like Casey might think that, but I seriously doubt he'd ever actually say it, except as a joke.
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