• [deleted]@piefed.world
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    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.

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      4 hours ago

      Torture isn’t effective for getting information out of people, but if your goal is to psychologically debilitate people, it’s totally effective

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        3 hours ago

        So are general everyday workplaces. You don’t need to go to a black site in Afghanistan. Just come to my office.

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          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