Satan is at your Door (i.e. Psychological Warfare)

[InterestedParticipant]

The forces which are most anxious to weaken our internal security are not always
easy to identify. Communists have been trained in deceit and secretly work
toward the day when they hope to replace our American way of life with a
Communist dictatorship. They utilize cleverly camouflaged movements, such as
peace groups and civil rights groups to achieve their sinister purposes. While they
as individuals are difficult to identify, the Communist party line is clear. Its first
concern is the advancement of Soviet Russia and the godless Communist cause. It
is important to learn to know the enemies of the American way of life.

- J. Edgar Hoover, former Director of the FBI



Read this! Memorandum of Intelligence for Psychological Warfare (http://www.icdc.com/~paulwolf/oss/magruderfeb1943.htm)



OSS - MORALE OPERATIONS BRANCH (http://www.icdc.com/~paulwolf/oss/oss.htm)

Morale Operations (MO) were intended to generate panic, intimidate,
demoralize, and spread confusion and distrust among enemy civilians and military
forces; and to stimulate feelings of resentment and rebellion among occupied populations

[lucius]

The forces which are most anxious to weaken our internal security are not always
easy to identify. Communists have been trained in deceit and secretly work
toward the day when they hope to replace our American way of life with a
Communist dictatorship. They utilize cleverly camouflaged movements, such as
peace groups and civil rights groups to achieve their sinister purposes. While they
as individuals are difficult to identify, the Communist party line is clear. Its first
concern is the advancement of Soviet Russia and the godless Communist cause. It
is important to learn to know the enemies of the American way of life.

- J. Edgar Hoover, former Director of the FBI



Read this! Memorandum of Intelligence for Psychological Warfare (http://www.icdc.com/~paulwolf/oss/magruderfeb1943.htm)

Good stuff--thanks!

Did you know that Hoover because of certain encouraged practices [perhaps even groomed for the role], was completely compromised and actually was an integral part of their systems. Like life, very little black or white contrast, mostly about varying degrees of grey/sell-out, ie. how much can the participant stomach.

My father was OSS...a prime example of a greased career track/midas touch.

[heavenlyboy34]

No time to read it now, but thanks for posting, OP. :)

[InterestedParticipant]

For those too lazy to click on a link.....


From the memorandum:

Psychological warfare, as the term is used by the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff ... comprises all moral and physical means other than orthodox military operations which tend to destroy the will and ability of the enemy to resist, to deprive him of support of allies or neutrals and to increase in our own troops and allies the will to victory. The implements of psychological warfare are:

open propaganda,
subversion,
special operations (sabotage, guerrilla warfare, espionage),
political and cultural pressures,
economic pressures.

The principal effects sought are persuasion, sympathy, terrorization, confusion, division and physical interference. These operations, ancient in origin, are modernly employed


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[InterestedParticipant]

post continued.....

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[Bodhi]

I just checked and there is no red guy with horns and a pitchfork at my door. I can't tell you how relieved I am.

[InterestedParticipant]

I just checked and there is no red guy with horns and a pitchfork at my door. I can't tell you how relieved I am.
That's because he's in your head.

[heavenlyboy34]

That's because he's in your head.
:eek:

[LibertyEagle]

Please keep this thread on-topic.

All other posts are subject to removal.

Thanks.

[InterestedParticipant]

Please keep this thread on-topic.

All other posts are subject to removal.

Thanks.
The purpose of this thread is to clearly, succinctly and indisputably show people here
how the US Military (and intelligence agencies) have developed sophisticated method
of manipulation and how these techniques are employed.

Take note that this document was drafted in the 1940's, so they have had 60 years
to develop, experiment and perfect these techniques. Yet, there are those here
who still rely on mass produced mainstream & alternative media, publications,
institutions, etc.

[itsthepathocrats]

The purpose of this thread is to clearly, succinctly and indisputably show people here
how the US Military (and intelligence agencies) have developed sophisticated method
of manipulation and how these techniques are employed.

Take note that this document was drafted in the 1940's, so they have had 60 years
to develop, experiment and perfect these techniques. Yet, there are those here
who still rely on mass produced mainstream & alternative media, publications,
institutions, etc.
This is precisely the reason why, quite some time ago, I stopped engaging in media of virtually all kinds. I am now extremely careful what media I allow engage my senses, and I rely much more heavily on my own intuition, thinking, analytical abilities and humanity. In doing this, I've found that I now have a much better understanding of how the world works, I more easily spot propaganda, I'm better able to defend myself from propaganda, and most importantly, I can - most of the time - figure things out for myself without the input of some media pundit or blogger.

This document is very enlightening. I would certainly like to find similar publications that are more recent, but I'd bet those remain highly classified. I'm sure the techniques used in today's world would blow our minds... can you just imagine what these guys are doing on the Internet? I mean, they must run thousands of Web sites, forums, data collection scams.... you name it. And this old document even refers to who controls the film industry... makes me wonder just how many of Hollywood's studio's, writers, producers, directors, etc. are also controlled by these types. The mind boggles when you think about how much of our world is now controlled by various types of information media.

Oh, and how fascinating that the last implement of psychological warfare is economic pressures.

[InterestedParticipant]

Bump.

I'm curious why this thread has not had more responses.

[wizardwatson]

That's because he's in your head.

Great, one more reason to kill myself.

[wizardwatson]

Bump.

I'm curious why this thread has not had more responses.

People intuitively understand the world they would like to live in. If a description of the problem doesn't offer or point to a way towards the goal, it won't garner much attention beyond what it would get from those who are more familiar with the peculiars of that particular explanation.

[InterestedParticipant]

People intuitively understand the world they would like to live in. If a description of the problem doesn't offer or point to a way towards the goal, it won't garner much attention beyond what it would get from those who are more familiar with the peculiars of that particular explanation.
Shutting-off media inputs is an expedient solution to this issue... this step is an
immense step toward the goal of achieving independent thought and therefore
individual liberty.

Until the public stops giving them access to all of their human senses, 24/7/365, then the
public has no hope of breaking their psychological chains of full spectrum control.

[JVParkour]

So anyway........ thinking about whole psychological mind manipulation is a bit out there. Im not saying it doesn't happen, its just out there. :D

A little scary to think about...

[InterestedParticipant]

So anyway........ thinking about whole psychological mind manipulation is a bit out there. Im not saying it doesn't happen, its just out there. :D

A little scary to think about...
We have a SECRET document from the Joint Chiefs, dated 1943, discussing specific strategies and tactics for performing psychological operations. Please explain to me why you think that this "is a bit out there." Seriously, I'm really just trying to understand your reaction and your point of view.

[sevin]

I don't understand what the big deal is. Most of us know the government has been using psychological warfare for decades.

[LibertyEagle]

Off-topic posts have been moved here:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=178364

[InterestedParticipant]

I don't understand what the big deal is. Most of us know the government has been using psychological warfare for decades.
In response....people generally do not understand:

how wide spread the psychological operations are (ie. TV, movies, magazines, books, comic strips, radio, Internet, "alternative" media, "patriot" media, etc.). In fact, given the responses here, this appears self-evident.
how well developed and effective the techniques are.
that these techniques have been employed for such a long time (i.e. document dated 1943).
that techniques are obviously used on the American public by the US Gov't and US Corporations.


If people understood how big of a deal this is, then they would:

not quote media so often in this forum.
not display such infatuation with media presented figures.
be much discerning about which media they engage, ceasing their reliance of virtually all mainstream and alternative sources.

So, until I see some change of behavior, I'm going to assume that people do not clearly understand the implications of this method of persuasion, and therefore do not take necessary precautions and so therefore are not thinking independently.

[BeFranklin]

Worth looking at. I'll bump because it goes with the "occultic technologies threads", and even more remotely my "witchcraft is a superstitution thread" listing books from the 1600s debunking witchcraft.

The modern propaganda, mind reading, and the like techniques are slightly left out of the rather complete debunking in Thomas Ady's books including the "complete discovery of witchcraft" as a superstitution, which may explain the re-emergence of neo-pagans, popularity of witchcraft in hollywood circles, and why intelligence agencies sponsered anthropologists and conducted research into using drugs such as LSD and marijunna for mind control etc.

From a Christian point of view, it wouldn't bother me at all to write one more complete and final book "The final discovery of witchcraft", debunking the mind control techniques as well. They may be the last to go.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?p=1763518
Witchcraft as superstitution thread

[sevin]

If people understood how big of a deal this is, then they would:

not quote media so often in this forum.
not display such infatuation with media presented figures.
be much discerning about which media they engage, ceasing their reliance of virtually all mainstream and alternative sources.

So, until I see some change of behavior, I'm going to assume that people do not clearly understand the implications of this method of persuasion, and therefore do not take necessary precautions and so therefore are not thinking independently.

Agreed, although I do think most of the people here are pretty good at avoiding the MSM, although some of them are falling the the Glenn Beck trap. You know who you are.

[tangent4ronpaul]

This document is very enlightening. I would certainly like to find similar publications that are more recent, but I'd bet those remain highly classified.

www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-05-30.pdf

www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm33-1/

http://www.enlisted.info/field-manuals/fm-33-1-1-psychological-operations-techniques-and-procedures.shtml

http://downloads.army.mil/fm3-0/FM3-0.pdf

http://www.tradoc.army.mil/pao/TNSarchives/Oct%202008/FM%203-07single%20pg%20spread%20lq.pdf



http://www.military-info.com/mphoto/p046.htm

PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE
Military Manual Photocopies available from Military/Info
FM 33-1 Psychological Operations (August 1979); 257 pages, illus. Price 26.00 {Item No.2014}
FM 33-5 Psychological Operations (January 1962); 301 pages, 5 illus. Price 30.00 {Item No.2015}
FM 33-5 Psychological Warfare Operations (March 1955); 313 pages, illus. Price 32.00 {Item No.2016}
FM 33-5 Psychological Warfare in Combat Operations (August 1949); 107 pages Price 10.00 {Item No.2017}

http://www.military-info.com/Aphoto/Subjectlist/A046.htm

PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE
Military Article Photocopies available from Military/Info
Warren, Captain John W.."War of Words,"Infantry, Vol.48, No.1 (January 1958); 7 pages, 3 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.10900) [Propaganda especially as concerned with Prisoners of War]
Wilmot, Lt.Fred W., Infantry."The Infantry and Psychological Warfare," Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.41, No.2 (October 1952); 5 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.10555}
Wilmot, Lt.Fred."Voice of the Infantry," Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.45, No.2 (April 1955); 4 pages Price .50 {Item No.10709} [Tactical loudspeakers]
Infantry magazine."Tricks of the Trade," Infantry, Vol.51, No.3 (May-June 1961); 1 page, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.11233] [On public address system tips]
U.S.Army Infantry School. "Psychological Warfare," Infantry School Quarterly, Vol.XXXI, No.1 (July 1947); 18 pages, 3 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.10284} [Includes: Introduction, Propaganda approaches, Functions of propaganda, Types of propaganda, Media of dissemination, Propaganda tactics, Formula for application, Defense against propaganda]

http://www.psywar.org/ (lots of docs online)

http://www.enolagaia.com/IWBib.html (biblio)

http://www.enolagaia.com/IWBib.html#OtherBibs (Metalist of other biblios)

http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA130577 (Biblio - not online)

http://www.mfhr.org/new_page_51.htm (biblio)

http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/special/civpsy.htm (biblio)

http://www.stormingmedia.us/16/1607/0160764.html (biblio - not online)

http://intellit.muskingum.edu/covertaction_folder/capsyops_folder/psyopstoc.html (Biblio - great source!)

From the last biblio:

" Rawnsley, Gary D., ed. Cold-War Propaganda in the 1950s. New York: St. Martin's, 1999. London: Macmillan, 1999.

From advertisement: "This volume concerns the origins, organization and method of British, American and Soviet propaganda during the 1950s. The authors discuss propaganda's international and domestic dimensions, and chart the development of a shared Cold War culture."

Watt, I&NS 15.4, says that Rawnsley "has the instincts of a true historian," but faults him for "not display[ing] any knowledge of the 40-odd years of twentieth century literature on propaganda in war and peace written before 1945." (Yes, propaganda is a sub-field of PSYOPS)

I think the current thread originator could be falted for the same oversight. btw: OSS learned what it knows and evolved into our current intelligence organizations from SOE - prior to WWII, we really didn't have a continuous intelligence organization, though there were brief periods - the black chamber, civil and revolutionary war, etc. You might want to look up "Edward Lansdale" who was considered a pioneer of US PSYOPS. You might also want to look up a very OOP book called "The Big Con" that was used in the early days as a training manual.

Just as an asside, I recall reading an unclassified, though obscure article some years ago that talked about aircraft flying over the RNV and broadcasting a very low frequency that would entrain brian waves and influence the autonomic nervous system - specifically resulting in an involuntary relaxation of the anal spictor muscle... This effect has been reported in the literature as occuring by accident with a unsecured trunk lid flapping in the wind... Pulling this trick off isn't trivial as frequencies have to be within 0.001 Hz. IIRC, the frequency was arround 8 Hz. Don't try this at home kids! Now that happened ~40 years ago... where are they now?



-t

[tangent4ronpaul]

In response....people generally do not understand:

how wide spread the psychological operations are (ie. TV, movies, magazines, books, comic strips, radio, Internet, "alternative" media, "patriot" media, etc.). In fact, given the responses here, this appears self-evident.
how well developed and effective the techniques are.
that these techniques have been employed for such a long time (i.e. document dated 1943).
that techniques are obviously used on the American public by the US Gov't and US Corporations.


If people understood how big of a deal this is, then they would:

not quote media so often in this forum.
not display such infatuation with media presented figures.
be much discerning about which media they engage, ceasing their reliance of virtually all mainstream and alternative sources.

So, until I see some change of behavior, I'm going to assume that people do not clearly understand the implications of this method of persuasion, and therefore do not take necessary precautions and so therefore are not thinking independently.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2139/1796819933_d8b29fcdf7.jpg

http://muslimmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/head-in-the-sand.JPG


-t

[tangent4ronpaul]

blimp!

[InterestedParticipant]

Agreed, although I do think most of the people here are pretty good at avoiding the MSM, although some of them are falling the the Glenn Beck trap. You know who you are.
If not just about Glenn Beck, or mainstream media, its about ALL forms of media. It's very important not to simply try to isolate this issue to a single actor, or range of media actors. It's a system that one must see and understand, and that system includes alternative and patriot sources as well.


(Yes, propaganda is a sub-field of PSYOPS)
Agreed.

The documentary on Edward Bernays, called Century of Self (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8953172273825999151), is a good introduction into how the American masses were manipulated in the 1900's on a massive scale. Bernays is labeled the father of propaganda, although he was really just another influencer in a long list.


[B]Just as an asside, I recall reading an unclassified, though obscure article some years ago that talked about aircraft flying over the RNV and broadcasting a very low frequency that would entrain brian waves and influence the autonomic nervous system - specifically resulting in an involuntary relaxation of the anal spictor muscle... This effect has been reported in the literature as occuring by accident with a unsecured trunk lid flapping in the wind... Pulling this trick off isn't trivial as frequencies have to be within 0.001 Hz. IIRC, the frequency was arround 8 Hz. Don't try this at home kids! Now that happened ~40 years ago... where are they now?
Yes, Technetronic warfare is most likely alive and well, but we have little evidence to go on. Brzenzski has written a book on the subject called Between Two Ages, America's Role in the Technetronic Era (http://www.amazon.com/Between-Two-Ages-Zbigniew-Brzezinski/dp/0140043144).

tangent4ronpaul, of all the documents that you're aware of, what do you think would be the best single document or book that a newbie might read to obtain an introduction into psychological operation and propaganda? I think it would be great if people just focused on a single works that will orient them to the issue.

[diggronpaul]

"Ideas are more powerful than guns.

We would not let our enemies have guns,

why should we let them have ideas."

-- Joseph Stalin

[tangent4ronpaul]

tangent4ronpaul, of all the documents that you're aware of, what do you think would be the best single document or book that a newbie might read to obtain an introduction into psychological operation and propaganda? I think it would be great if people just focused on a single works that will orient them to the issue.

sorry - there is not a single "idiots guide" - you really have to read the field and study the history.

-t

[InterestedParticipant]

"The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able
to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions
and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government
he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic,
he tries to change it. And even if he is not romantic personally he is very apt
to spread discontent among those who are."


-- H.L. Mencken

[itsthepathocrats]

Matt has an excellent podcast (http://channels.ourmedia.org/matteriks-podcast/20090207) out on this topic, it
synthesizes the topic well and applies it to today's Internet.

(only have to listen to the first 25 mins or so)

[lucius]

^^

[Slutter McGee]

This is ridiculous. Psy Ops has saved many soldiers lives. These were the guys responsible for the surrender instructions on the back of fake money leaflets that were droped during the first gulf war. Their operations are active in the current conflicts, and if you guys don't understand the importance of propoganda against an enemy during war then you are all idiots.

Psy Ops can't be used against the American People. Several years ago some psy ops people were hanging out in various cable and network studious, presumably to understand how the media uses propoganda. As soon as the upper brass found out, they banned all psy ops people from being around US media outlets.

This shit saves lives over eas. And I really have no problem with it. This board is a libertarian and conpiracy wetdream and frankly it is ridiculous.

The reason this freedom movement will never work is easy. It, no we, are going to get caught up in the purity of thought argument just like the libertarian party, ostracizing anybody that could be an ally simply because they are not perfect on our own preconception of what liberty is.

I am going to support Dr. Paul, most of his ideas, and the freedom movement until I die. But damnit, somepeople here really need to grow up.

Sincerely,

Slutter McGee

[InterestedParticipant]

This is ridiculous. Psy Ops has saved many soldiers lives. These were the guys responsible for the surrender instructions on the back of fake money leaflets that were droped during the first gulf war. Their operations are active in the current conflicts, and if you guys don't understand the importance of propoganda against an enemy during war then you are all idiots.

Psy Ops can't be used against the American People. Several years ago some psy ops people were hanging out in various cable and network studious, presumably to understand how the media uses propoganda. As soon as the upper brass found out, they banned all psy ops people from being around US media outlets.

This shit saves lives over eas. And I really have no problem with it. This board is a libertarian and conpiracy wetdream and frankly it is ridiculous.

The reason this freedom movement will never work is easy. It, no we, are going to get caught up in the purity of thought argument just like the libertarian party, ostracizing anybody that could be an ally simply because they are not perfect on our own preconception of what liberty is.

I am going to support Dr. Paul, most of his ideas, and the freedom movement until I die. But damnit, somepeople here really need to grow up.
These techniques are all around us, and not seeing them is a testament to how well indoctrinated we've become ...
just refer to this quote from a 1962 speech by Aldous Huxley:


"There will be in the next generation or so a pharmacological method of making

people love their servitude and producing dictatorship without tears so to speak.

Producing a kind of painless concentration camp for entire societies so that people

will in fact have their liberties taken away from them, but will rather enjoy it,

because they will be distracted from any desire to rebel by propaganda, or

brainwashing, or brainwashing enhanced by pharmacological methods. And this

seems to be the final revolution."


But if you want an introduction to this type of social engineering and how it has been used
in the past, the Century of Self (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8953172273825999151) documentary provides an overview of how government and business
collaborated with propagandists and the PR industry to manipulate the American people.

From the documentary:

Bernays was convinced that this was more than just a way of selling consumer goods.
It was a new political idea of how to control the masses. By satisfying the inner irrational desires
that his uncle [Sigmund Freud] had identified, people could be made happy and thus docile.

It was the start of the all-consuming self which has come to dominate today's world.



In the documentary and in Bernays 1947 book, The Engineering of Consent (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Engineering_of_Consent), he discusses the
manipulation of American public into what-they-called "Consumptionists."


He defines "engineering consent" as the art of manipulation of people; specifically, American citizen, who are described as "fundamentally irrational people... who could not be trusted." It maintained that entire populations, which were undisciplined or lacking in intellectual or definite moral principles, were vulnerable to unconscious influence so as make them want things that they do not need. This was achieved by linking those products and ideas to their unconscious desires. Ernest Dichter, who is widely considered to be the "father of motivational research," referred to this as "the secret-self of the American consumer."

In other words Consumer Psychologists have already made the choice for us before we buy a certain product. This is achieved by manipulating desires on an unconscious level.

The central idea behind the engineering of consent is that the public or people should not be aware of the manipulation taking place.




"If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind,

is it not possible to control and regiment the masses according

to our will without their knowing about it?”


— Edward L. Bernays

[Catatonic]

These techniques are all around us, and not seeing them is a testament to how well indoctrinated we've become ...
just refer to this quote from a 1962 speech by Aldous Huxley:


"There will be in the next generation or so a pharmacological method of making

people love their servitude and producing dictatorship without tears so to speak.

Producing a kind of painless concentration camp for entire societies so that people

will in fact have their liberties taken away from them, but will rather enjoy it,

because they will be distracted from any desire to rebel by propaganda, or

brainwashing, or brainwashing enhanced by pharmacological methods. And this

seems to be the final revolution."


But if you want an introduction to this type of social engineering and how it has been used
in the past, the Century of Self (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8953172273825999151) documentary provides an overview of how government and business
collaborated with propagandists and the PR industry to manipulate the American people.

From the documentary:




In the documentary and in Bernays 1947 book, The Engineering of Consent (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Engineering_of_Consent), he discusses the
manipulation of American public into what-they-called "Consumptionists."





"If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind,

is it not possible to control and regiment the masses according

to our will without their knowing about it?”


— Edward L. Bernays

Do you have any white papers regarding this being used operationally? As in, not the plan itself, but the plan in action?

[InterestedParticipant]

Do you have any white papers regarding this being used operationally? As in, not the plan itself, but the plan in action?
The Century of Self documentary (linked to above) is a nice intro. If you would like to read something, perhaps start with Crystallizing Public Opinion (http://www.scribd.com/doc/5369599/Crystallizing-Public-Opinion-Edward-Bernays) by Edward Bernays (136 pages). Or, you may want to start with The Propaganda Game by Robert Allen & Lorne Greene (The Propaganda Game by Robert Allen & Lorne Greene), which provides litany of highly specific techniques. I'm not aware of a specific case study, which is what i think you are inferring in your question.

On edit: I actually just stumbled across this, which I believe may provide historical case studies: PROPAGANDA AND MASS PERSUASION A Historical Encyclopedia, 1500 to the Present (http://www.scribd.com/doc/11441769/Propaganda-and-Mass-Persuasion)

"This book is designed to provide an accessible survey of the history of propaganda from 1500 to the present. After a historical introduction by David Welch outlining the development of propaganda, the encyclopedia presents more than 250 entries."

[InterestedParticipant]

This is very good as well, referring to several critical source documents


Full Spectrum Information Warfare
Information Operation Roadmap
Brent Jessop - Knowledge Driven Revolution.com

When the US military refers to full spectrum domination, they truly mean full spectrum. Information operations or information warfare is a key part of the military battlespace. Recently, a document entitled Information Operation Roadmap was declassified by the Pentagon because of a Freedom of Information Act request by the National Security Archive at George Washington University. The document was described by the Council on Foreign Relations' website as:

"A 2003 Pentagon document previously classified as 'noforn' (not for release to foreign nationals, including allies), this report details the US military's information operations, including psychological operations, electronic warfare, and involvement in foreign journalism. The document was made public by the National Security Archive on January 26, 2006."

rest of roadmap at KDR's website
http://www.knowledgedrivenrevolution.com/Articles/200711/20071105_IOR_1_Thrust.htm

[diggronpaul]

One of the seven deadly sins is the sin of Sloth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins), which is to
be self-destructive to ones own spirit.

We are the only ones who can destroy our own soul, our Ghost in the Machine - this
is the primary objective of this type of warfare.