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*The TikTok E-Girl Warfare Conspiracy... (theory)**
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5QDNCwtODg
I didn't realize this was going to become a series... (Part of the
GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE Series Apparently)
So I watched a "theoretical" YouTube video yesterday in which they
report from multiple sources on a story linking TikTok influencer Hailey
Lujan to possibly being a government Psyop. At the very least, she says
lots of pro-Army things and gets to play with $100,000s of dollars in
cool hardware that civilians just don't normally get access to.
Apparently the Army is targeting the first-person shooter gamer
community (there is some evidence they may be better at piloting drones
than pilots) -- quoted to be about 93-96% male, young, and many of them
lonely. The term "parasocial" is getting thrown around here -- which is
a one-sided relationship, sometimes quite intense, usually referring to
relationships between celebrities and their audience. The video quotes
some research that the subset of these young men who are almost always
online "are almost never interacting with young women -- instead there
is a trend of parasocial relationships forming...".
The joke I now have with my wife is that YouTube's algorithm will start
flooding our joint account with "E-Girls" dressed in camouflage.
[And, well ick -- this strange story is now starting to intersect with
my other essay series about "Sigma Males" and that bogus personality
type being associated with very similar lonely young men. See:
https://mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org/@admin/109705551829241507 ]
Given the number of articles online about Army recruiting on TikTok, and
that Hailey Lujan reportedly has a LinkedIn profile as being in the army
with Psyops ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/hailey-lujan-a2707819a ), I'm
not sure how "theoretical" it really is.
I'm not 100% sure I'm against this sort of influence campaign but I need
to know more. We do need recruits in the USA Armed Forces and they are
missing their recruiting targets a lot recently.
Could be a very effective Psyop.
*The TikTok E-Girl Warfare Conspiracy... (theory)**
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5QDNCwtODg
Michael Reeder LCPC
Baltimore, MD
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First Sent: 6/5/23
TITLE: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VA4e0NqyYMw
This has been out for a year, but I had not seen it.
This is supposedly put out by the the US Army's PSYOPS (Psychological
Operations) unit out of Fort Bragg.
**The video is intended as a recruiting tool.**
Well -- it's creepy -- I'll give them that.
I suppose if we want recruits angry and ready to do anything to
manipulate the world -- it is successful.
And I find myself both getting angry towards the end, AND trying to
catch what subliminal messaging they are inserting.
What do you think about this kind of recruiting, assuming that is what
it is?
Fair warning -- It is disturbing, threatening, and creepy.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VA4e0NqyYMw
Michael Reeder LCPC
Baltimore, MD
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