- Hybrid warfare – conventional, irregular, terrorist, criminal
- Non-linear warfare includes those plus cyber, information, economic, diplomatic, political, cultural, religious, and social means
- Subvert the enemies social and political structure – political and social agitation, remove confidence in a system, sow seeds of discontent, pit brother against brother = create confusion and dissent. – Used to confuse, lie, misrepresent, destabilize, and
erode the current social order the current political order - It can easily be said that social engineering is the exploitation of human behavior and trust.
- Propaganda that fits my beliefs and further accentuates the ‘truth’ although false, in that belief
- We plan… They plot. We are clever… They are sneaky. We form strategies… They conspire. We have convictions… They are fanatics.
- The overwhelming preponderance of people have not freely decided what to believe, but, rather, have been socially conditioned (indoctrinated) into their beliefs.
- Their thinking is largely comprised of stereotypes, caricatures, oversimplifications, sweeping generalizations, illusions, delusions, or self-serving rationalizations.
- They see the world through ethnocentric and nationalistic eyes.
- They stereotype people from other cultures.
- They resent being “corrected,” disagreed with, or criticized. They want to be re-enforced, flattered and made to feel important.
- We have a deep-seated sense of duty to authority- adults will do extreme things when instructed to do so by an authority figure
- Social Validation (Consensus) – the behavior/opinions of similar others
