This is not just a story about social psychology and data analytics. It has to be understood in terms of a military contractor using military strategies on a civilian population. Us.
this post was submitted on 15 Apr 2025
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Cambridge Analytica worked on campaigns in several key states for a Republican political action committee. Its key objective, according to a memo the Observer has seen, was “voter disengagement” and “to persuade Democrat voters to stay at home”: a profoundly disquieting tactic. It has previously been claimed that suppression tactics were used in the campaign, but this document provides the first actual evidence.
There wasn’t just a relationship between Cambridge Analytica and AggregateIQ, Paul told me. They were intimately entwined, key nodes in Robert Mercer’s distributed empire. “The Canadians were our back office. They built our software for us. They held our database. If AggregateIQ is involved then Cambridge Analytica is involved. And if Cambridge Analytica is involved, then Robert Mercer and Steve Bannon are involved. You need to find Chris Wylie.”
I did find Chris Wylie. He refused to comment.
So if one were to make, say, a list of threats to tje future of democracy, it should include Robert Mercer, Steve Bannon, and Chris Wylie? You know, in case any pro-democracy fanatics are wondering.
Yes but I couldn't help but think of the upcoming Canadian elections because Brexit passed, trump got back in, and all with the aid of explicit military psychological operations from SCL/Cambridge Analytica which (apparently, per the article) is essentially based in BC.