Torture isn’t verbal and psyops aren’t targeted to one person. Thanks for playing though.
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einlander@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoAnd that’s why torture and psyops don’t work and has never been used.
kikutwo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
snooggums@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
Torture itself doesn’t work reliably. The possibility of it might get someone to open up when combined with giving someone the time to just open up or a positive reward. Torture itself is counterproductive as the person is just saying whatever the torturer wants to hear to make the pain stop.
Psyops absolutely work.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Torture isn’t effective for getting information out of people, but if your goal is to psychologically debilitate people, it’s totally effective
TwilitSky@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So are general everyday workplaces. You don’t need to go to a black site in Afghanistan. Just come to my office.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s because there are more than a few commonalities between the two. They’re not the same, but horrible lighting, little privacy, contradictory instructions/suddenly changing expectations are frequently used in both