DISINFO: The Elites have set up a system of cyber-manipulation to monitor citizens’ communication and prevent the universal awakening of mass political consciousness
SUMMARY
Elites have created social networks to destroy bonds of solidarity among citizens, fake news to disorient them and plunge them into existential doubt. The elites have also set up a system of cyber-manipulation to monitor citizens’ communication through their metadata and prevent the universal awakening of mass political consciousness.
RESPONSE
Conspiracy theory. No evidence is provided to support the article’s claims. The article repeats a recurring pro-Kremlin narrative that seeks to discredit liberal democracies claiming that the latter are, in reality, totalitarian systems ruled by “globalist elites” and “shadow governments” that use cyber-tools to exercise pervasive control of society, and use traditional media and social media to deceive and manipulate the masses in Western countries. This message is related to another disinformation narrative claiming that the West uses social media to spread disinformation aimed at destroying Russia. The article’s message is also consistent with recurrent pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about all-powerful global élites or secret élites ruling the world and controlling leaders. Read a previous case claiming that liberal globalism is an ideological dictatorship shared by all of the world’s élites and imposed upon the people.