> I'm curious what commenters here think should be done about this, if anything? Our own governments should be as open and liberal (in the classical/literal se

> I'm curious what commenters here think should be done about this, if anything? Our own governments should be as open and liberal (in the classical/literal sense) as possible and always treat their citizens' agency as fundamental. Distrust doesn't come from foreign propaganda; it comes from betraying the core principles that our democratic institutions are supposed to be protecting. It's initiatives like these that sow the distrust. Foreign states can only nurture it.