How information warfare works through Disinfolklore: from Herder's 1777 folklore movement through Russia's troll farms to MAGA. A diplomat's field-tested twelve-tool analytical method.
Disinfolklore operates at a deeper level than disinformation. Where fact-checking addresses individual claims, Disinfolklore analysis reveals the folklore structures that bypass rational thought entirely.
A diplomat spent three years on the front line in eastern Ukraine monitoring Russian disinformation at the actual zero-line. What he saw there became the Disinfolklore framework and its Twelve Tools.
Disinfolklore is a narrative form that weaponises folklore structures to manipulate populations. Coined by diplomat Stephen Scott Douglas after 7 years in Russia-occupied Ukraine.
Mana is the energy or intention inside every meme. From Proto-Indo-European *Meh₁n-ṓt (Moon) through Sanskrit manas to English manipulate. Understanding Mana transforms how we detect Disinfolklore.