Propaganda, censorship, and surveillance are all attributes of monopoly

Re:Propaganda, censorship, and surveillance are all attribut... by 542354234235 on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @11:21AM (#24777522)

Except for the half a century after WWII where the US shaped international law and democratic values, and heavily shaded modern international trade and its norms and values.

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Re:Propaganda, censorship, and surveillance are all attribut... by boomboomsubban on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @05:28PM (#24781829)

>shaped international law

Except they never consider themselves subject to that law, just use it to punish those they don't like.

> democratic values

When have they ever spread this? The amount of democratic governments we've overthrown vastly outnumbers the successful ones we've created. And that's ignoring things like Operation Gladio.

>heavily shaded modern international trade

Which has enriched them far more than anyone else.

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