… which would be?
These are criminals, often state sponsored criminals, that are carrying out literal acts of war against US infrastructure.
So what’s the “media’s narrative” here?
These are criminals, often state sponsored criminals, that are carrying out literal acts of war against US infrastructure.
So what’s the “media’s narrative” here?
These are criminal actions, as they're not endorsed by the state.
But it doesn't have to reach the scale of war to be bad. The broader narrative is We Have To Do Something. And that Something is always grant the government more power. Why is it a good thing, for instance, that we're taking "unprecedented" steps?
The US has been dealing with ransoms, piracy, extortion since its founding. "From the halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli," the latter was one of our first expeditions to deal with piracy.
As there is plenty of precedent for dealing with this stuff, we should be very skeptical when the government insists it needs new powers.
The modern media that takes the form of news isn't news. It's public relations for corporate and government interests. Whenever a story like this "suddenly feels" anything it's being manipulated by those interests.
Bitcoin is causing massive damage in so many parts of life. Environmental damage, ransomware, fraud, semiconductor shortages.
End it now. Stop the madness.
Attacks have been ongoing for literal years, but we had a nice war on terror and then a recession to keep banging on about in the news to keep the advertising dollars flowing.
It’s crystal clear that this is a matter of when, not if.
I for one will not be keeping my head in the sand.