The unspoken assumption is always that the ones doing the inoculation have the source of the truth. But "inoculation against misinformation" can easily become "seeding misinformation," and even well intentioned people are often blind to their biases especially ones that align with their incentives
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Very much agreed -- something about this has the vibe of we are seeding the idea we'd like you to have.
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Regardless if you have the truth or not, you need to establish credibility and demonstrate competency before someone gives your beliefs any regard. When you have no credibility and consistently demonstrate incompetence, like most governments have, you have no authority. For the government to establish a 'ministry of truth' is laughable, and that's exactly what one should do in response to one.
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In a pentesting context, this social engineering tactic is called "pretexting"
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They hate that people have minds of their own.
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