Accusation in a Mirror — It’s Their Giveaway

And it’s an Accusation In A Mirror. All authoritarians provoke support by accusing others of what they actually intend to do. It’s the key to understanding the intentions of authoritarians. It’s their giveaway.

Source: Paradoxes · Twitter Archive (2022-07-04)

This reframes Accusation in a Mirror from diagnostic (recognising what Russia IS doing) to PREDICTIVE (forecasting what Russia WILL do). What they accuse you of = what they intend. The most operationally useful insight for intelligence analysts: read accusations as advance notices.

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