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In the Western world, there seem to be this prevalent ideal that the people should control the government and not the other way around. If a Western government
by jensen123 10y ago
In the Western world, there seem to be this prevalent ideal that the people should control the government and not the other way around. If a Western government hired people to influence politics like this, wouldn't there be a backlash?
- Kristine1975 10y agoWhere's the backlash against this: https://theintercept.com/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/ https://theintercept.com/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/ Or this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbara https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbara
- sievebrain 10y agoThere was a huge backlash caused by the Snowden revelations and JTRIG certainly got massive attention at the time. Unfortunately there's no obvious way to stop it because politicians appear to believe spy agencies should be unaccountable and above the law.
- jensen123 10y ago> Where's the backlash against this: https://theintercept.com/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/ https://theintercept.com/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/ So, some people at the GCHQ have discussed doing these things. However, is there any evidence that they've actually done a whole lot? > Or this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbara https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbara I don't really consider Isreal a Western country, but in any case, that is interesting.