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[–] brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Why?

[–] Woozythebear@lemmy.world 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Because your government can use the information against you while a government on the other side of the planet can't.

[–] WildPalmTree@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Used to be true. See countries affecting populations in foreign countries. Propaganda is not local.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago

Because definitionally, fewer people doing a bad thing is better than more people doing a bad thing?