“Don’t Poke the Bear”: Policy Paralysis

‘Don’t poke the bear’ may be the most powerful piece of Disinfolklore ever propagated.

A retired U.S. army lieutenant-colonel explained what that meme meant. It was / is a tenet of senior policy professionals on the current U.S. president’s National Security Council as well as of policy and military advisers throughout NATO never to attack ‘the Bear,’ a disarming Disinfolklore-conveying moniker for Russia.

Source: Tool 5: Trigger-Experience-Reaction

This method of communication has had the impact on President Biden’s policy, don’t poke the bear, is a Disinfolklore meme, probably the most successful one ever. That actually impacts on foreign policy. It stopped America properly helping Ukraine.

Source: Indo-European Immanences

American National Security Advisers’ minds are colonised by Disinfolklore trolls like ‘Don’t Poke the Bear.’ That is what affects their Moods / Intentions / Motivations / Attitudes. And it’s why they won’t properly arm Ukraine. It’s the Disinfolklore.

Source: Twitter archive (note-tweet)

Three passages, one conclusion: a folkloristic meme — the disarming image of a bear you mustn’t poke — colonised the minds of the most powerful national security professionals on Earth and stopped America from properly helping Ukraine. This is Coercive Control operating at the level of global policy.

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