The war in Iran is having the impact that most people with any sense knew it would have: The price of oil is going up, and the supply of oil is going down.
Of course, whether or not the latter of these is actually true we will never know, and it’s beside the point. Oil companies will natural take the slightest excuse to price gouge and contrive scarcity for the basest of profit motives.
It also se...
Patterns detected: ARC-0043 Motte-and-Bailey, ARC-0024 Ambiguity, ARC-0017 Framing.
The article’s narrative heavily relies on a Motte-and-Bailey technique – presenting an extreme assertion (Trump orchestrated a war) and then immediately conceding that the specific details are unclear ("though some deserve…"), creating a buffer to avoid direct confrontation and maintain plausible deniability. The claim that Trump is “manipulated” operates as an Ambiguity, deliberately obscuring the ultimate agenc...