Awkae

May 05, 2025

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Disease

Big Techs didn’t invent addiction, but they industrialized it. Every notification is a slot machine lever, every scroll a drip-feed of dopamine to keep you numb and compliant.

Facebook, TikTok, Instagram — digital cartels profiting from your attention withdrawal. They don’t want users. They want zombies. And just like the military breaks minds to build soldiers, Silicon Valley shatters your focus to rebuild you as a data-serf. Log off. Or keep licking the screen that owns you.

From Pavlov to Zuckerberg: How Big Tech Weaponizes Brainwashing

Social media isn’t a tool. It’s a Skinner box for the masses, engineered to hijack your nervous system. Like the CIA’s MKUltra experiments or military sensory deprivation tactics, platforms use variable rewards (likes, shares, streaks) to destabilize your psyche. You’re not “scrolling” — you’re being operantly conditioned, your brain rewired to crave the next hit. Instagram’s infinite feed? A descendant of the “fear syringe” techniques used in psychological warfare, flooding the mind until critical thought drowns.

Social Media is Psychological Warfare and You’re the Target

Big Tech’s goal is identical to every authoritarian regime: control through fragmentation. The U.S. military used sleep deprivation and isolation to “soften” detainees for interrogation; Meta uses FOMO and algorithmic isolation to soften you for manipulation. TikTok’s For You Page isn’t entertainment — it’s a disorientation chamber, bombarding you with contradictory stimuli (cat videos, genocide footage, ads) to erode your grip on reality. The result? A population too scrambled to revolt, too addicted to notice the boot on their neck.

This is no accident. Tech giants hired neuroscientists and behavioral economists to mirror military-grade brainwashing. YouTube’s autoplay mirrors the “PsyOp” loops used to break POWs. Facebook’s rage algorithm mirrors the “fear conditioning” that turns soldiers into compliant killers. Even the language overlaps: users “engage,” content “detonates,” trends “go viral.” Silicon Valley didn’t borrow from the Pentagon — they partnered. Google’s AI fuels drone strikes; Palantir’s software tracks migrants; Meta’s data trains predictive policing. Your screen time funds their empire.

The addiction is the point. Every minute you zombie-scroll, you surrender autonomy to the algorithmic overlords. They want you anxious, isolated, and desperate — prime meat for ads, conspiracies, and microtransactions. You think you’re resisting? Your “awareness” is part of the trap. They profit whether you post propaganda or parodies.

To break free, we need guerrilla tactics. Smash your phone. Boycott apps. Flood platforms with sabotage memes. But individual action won’t kill the beast. Tear down the data centers. Nationalize the algorithms. Turn Zuckerberg’s metaverse into a public library. The revolution isn’t about quitting — it’s about burning the plantation. Militaries fear insubordination. Tech giants fear organized resistance. Give them hell. You need to find your cure.

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