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In reply to the discussion: How Pharmaceuticals Came To Be The 4th Leading Cause Of Death In America [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)way back when studying these tactics, to have everyone on the payroll. When some actual operatives were uncovered on different forums, one I'm thinking of specifically, they were just a few, two or three who attracted a following of those who are naturally attracted to authoritarianism but were not being paid as their goal isn't money, it is as you pointed out to an extent, to feel protected in their small, selfish world.
The words used are not normal words for people to use in the course of conversation making them easily identifiable as coming from some Think Tank (see the exposed emails of HB Gary eg where they discussed how to smear Glenn Greenwald on Internet forums). That was not a surprise by that time as people had already figured it out.
I can't recall ever feeling the need to use other people's words to express an opinion, and I notice neither do most of DU's most respected members.
So, I repeat, whenever I see someone using Think Tank Words and they are easily recognizable, on a forum like this, I know they are followers, insecure people who need to protect their small, selfish corner of the world and the Propagandists who prepare this material, depend on THEM to spread it around and they don't even have to pay most of them.