Narrative Warfare: Language As Predatory Camoflage

This really needs to be hammered home.

Stories like this are why Frieren is a popular anime right now.

Though a number of episodes, the heroes square off against Demons, who are total sociopaths, utterly incapable of empathy themselves, but present pleasantly and use words and language to appeal to the empathy of…

— Noble Bear (@NobleBear) July 17, 2025

Because this is how Thralls of Empire--Globohomo, Red Dynasty, Neo-Tsarist, Curry Confederation--act.

See a problem

Blame it on shadowy reactionary forces

Progressives push for "reforms" that actually just serve to produce sinecures for progressive clients and giveaways and punish class enemies

Problem gets worse

NPC progressives vaguely gesture at the strengthened shadowy… https://t.co/hX0C9ePaLE pic.twitter.com/WDycxHGQpg

— Covfefe Anon (@CovfefeAnon) July 19, 2025

Always the same playbook.

They are not communicating information. They are using word-based camoflage to get your to lower your guard and make it easier for them to prey upon you.

You have to handle them as you would a monster because they are monsters, proven repeatedly by their own words and deeds. They are predators, they see you as prey, and they cannot be made to not prey upon you- you have to sever their capacity to do so by one means or another.

This capacity for word-based predatory camoflage is key for Thralls being able to do what they do; we mythologize this in fiction as Mind Control, but it is really Narrative Warfare and Frame Games to set what is socially permissible to think and act upon- including making it bad manners to consider the aforementioned ideas and facts and who benefits from their perpetuation.

It's a trick, and you're the mark.

If you don't want Empire to come back, you need to take this to heart and live it daily- and to pass it on to your posterity, so they can put down the demons after you're gone.