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I’ve thought about the idea of exporting political dissent to a fake alien threat. “We’ve always been at war with South East Alpha Centauri.” People who find o

I’ve thought about the idea of exporting political dissent to a fake alien threat. “We’ve always been at war with South East Alpha Centauri.” People who find out its fake would be incentivized to keep the charade going those who do not would be labeled cranks. Though I can’t help but think that without political dissent we’d quickly end up with feudalism.

LarryMullins 4y ago
> I’ve thought about the idea of exporting political dissent to a fake alien threat. Heh, predictions of precisely such a scheme have been popular among conspiracy theorists for years. "Project Blue Beam" and the like. It's also the premise of the Watchmen comic book.
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