By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19/06/2026In the big con, dozens of skilled actors are putting on a play for an audience of one: you. 11/ 1551
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19/06/2026It's a real-world, non-hallucinatory version of "gang stalking delusion," which is when someone going through a mental health crisis believes that everyone they meet is in on a conspiracy to drive them crazy: pluralistic.net/2026/06/03/m... 12/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Delusion as a service (04 Jun 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 2583
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 19/06/2026The situation that people suffering from GSD hallucinate is actually happening to people ensnared in a big con...and pyramid schemes are a big con. What's more - as Read's book makes clear - you can't understand modern American politics without understanding pyramid schemes. 13/ 1738
Boko Halal @trollyopportunity.bsky.social · 21/06/2026It's one version. As far as I can determine, that delusion was originated from MKULTRA actually doing it. They'd use Americans as research subjects for germ warfare but not psychological? You know better than that. 000
