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A mainstay of 5th Column Warfare is multiple silos or vectors of attack. There was a paper written decades ago discussing how reform within a paradigm of power is nearly impossible without support from 2 or more power paradigms. 5th column warfare is a means to subvert each paradigm of power simultaneously.

Paradigms of Power

1. Political

2. Media (the 4th Estate)

3. Military/Paramilitary (includes police)

4. Academia (includes Church)

5. Corporate (Big business/white-collar)

6. Workers/Union (working-class/blue-collar)

7. Shadow Government = private Intelligence Community (the 5th Estate/5th Column)

Reform vs rebellion, it is easier to use another arm vs a corrupt branch than to enforce reform from within a branch

(Or in the case of asymmetrical, 5th column warfare, corrupt them from one to the other).

4 stages of Suppression:

1. Criticize

2. Marginalize

3. Attack

4. Censor

Having used this as a basis fir my analysis for years, it should be obvious why I admire @politicalmoonshine's work.

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Should be 'for', not 'fir'

Unfortunately I cannot the recall the author of the thesis I read in the early 90s, but I do remember hearing an NPR review of the book based upon it on the radio while driving. Any help tracking it down would be appreciated. It first caught my attention by the use of "paradigm" in the title.

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Nailed it. The memory holing of SBF/FTX via Trump indictments..

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