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Visiting the Stasi museum in Berlin is a nice eye opener for how subtle some intelligence work can be. You can see files describing acts like surrounding a spec
by kace91 6y ago
Visiting the Stasi museum in Berlin is a nice eye opener for how subtle some intelligence work can be. You can see files describing acts like surrounding a specific person with potential dates that ghost him or "friends" that will treat him badly just to make the the person depressed and reduce their will to be politically active.
Lots of what you see there would be considered delusions of a paranoid person if someone claimed to be the target of it nowadays.
I'm convinced the only reason it stands out is that it's relatively weird to see a fallen government's intelligent files, since one that's still standing would never let you see them.
- albertTJames 6y agoit works too, I am so not active politically because of all those girls who ghosted me. I could have been a really big deal.
- exolymph 6y ago> Lots of what you see there would be considered delusions of a paranoid person if someone claimed to be the target of it nowadays. This is not a coincidence, making the target feel and/or look crazy is part of the technique.
- drummer 6y agoAre these files describing tactics of the Stasi also available online?
- kace91 6y agoI found some interesting information available for free in a link from the museum's website. Check the "english publications" section at the bottom, the second link in particular is quite interesting: https://www.bstu.de/en/education/publications/ https://www.bstu.de/en/education/publications/
- stainforth 6y agoOh definitely East German history makes it much easier to consume such information. But if conservative-run governments of the U.S. commit inhumane activities on their own people to neuter left movements seeking a more equitable society it's not such a bad result right?