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It might work if your government is trustworthy, but perhaps it's trustworthy because so many people challenge it so openly. Plenty of governments cover up emba
by exporectomy 5y ago
It might work if your government is trustworthy, but perhaps it's trustworthy because so many people challenge it so openly. Plenty of governments cover up embarrassing parts of their history, such as the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Remember when the US government advised people not to wear masks for Covid and social media sites enforced restricting people from talking about it?
Remember when the US invaded Iraq because they saw a chemical weapons site with some kind of decontamination truck circling the yard?
Remember Edward Snowden showing that some spying that conspiracy theorists had believed turned out to be true?
Remember the Glomar Explorer?
Did you trust everything Trump said in his role as president when it conflicted with public opinion that said he was trying to hide something?