>>508643324Through a Game Theory lens, this equilibrium of ignorance endures: free-speech protections shield both overt and covert persuasion, and media avoidance maintains public vulnerability. Modern digital platforms replicate these dynamics—new social-media profiles serve as blank identities, algorithmic feeds loop tailored narratives, and “dark patterns” manipulate choices without disclosure. Corporations exploit this regulatory gap, driven by shareholder demands to harness every permissible tactic for consumer engagement.
A decisive shift demands that governments transcend lazy deference to free-speech absolutism and embrace their duty to protect cognitive sovereignty. Mandatory labeling of persuasive content, comprehensive media-literacy education, and regulation of covert psychological tactics would alter the strategic calculus for manipulators. Absent these reforms, the same occulted methods will continue to claim new victims—both in isolated cults and on the digital battleground of modern influence.
>>508643439I've been been researching novel cultures like the HG group that formed a path to salvation and religion. Maybe it's a good time to start a cult. The Age of Aquarius means a return to slavery/gods right?