In the cold shadows of the past, the East German Stasi employed a chilling tactic known as Zersetzung. This method of psychological warfare aimed to destabilize dissidents through covert harassment, surveillance, and manipulation. While the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, bringing an end to the Stasi’s reign, the principles of Zersetzung have not only endured but have evolved and expanded in the digital age. Today, the tactics of psychological manipulation and surveillance are more pervasive, sophisticated, and insidious than ever before.
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June 27