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Hand-drawn colored-pencil map titled "Beyond Politics under attack" with stick figures, a sea, and a maze. Labels include Germany, France, Yellow Vests, NATO Article 5, Brexit, Fox News, Info Wars, Breitbart, Propaganda Machine, Active Measures, Stolen Elections, Voting Machines, Stolen Emails, Blackmail. Signed @gzikah, 2019.

Beyond Politics: A Hand-Drawn Map of Political Attack

A 2019 hand-drawn political map diagramming alleged information warfare and influence networks, in the style of a civics-class diagram. Dense, but not a Xennial nostalgia item.

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Hand-drawn colored-pencil map titled "Beyond Politics under attack" with stick figures, a sea, and a maze. Labels include Germany, France, Yellow Vests, NATO Article 5, Brexit, Fox News, Info Wars, Breitbart, Propaganda Machine, Active Measures, Stolen Elections, Voting Machines, Stolen Emails, Blackmail. Signed @gzikah, 2019.

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