> I'm no joke starting to see the value of Chinese, Singaporean, etc. and maybe even North Korean (!!) censorship - people can't be fucking idiots and destroy the country over stuff on the news if it's not on the news.
Sounds like you assume that state based censorship will remove/limit fear from the news. States are the main beneficiary from a fear-based population. It's a tool to direct anger away from relevant areas that could threaten established structures towards areas that has little or no significance (or even better: other parts of its own population)
If you don't fear anything, there is no reason for a state
Sounds like you assume that state based censorship will remove/limit fear from the news. States are the main beneficiary from a fear-based population. It's a tool to direct anger away from relevant areas that could threaten established structures towards areas that has little or no significance (or even better: other parts of its own population)
If you don't fear anything, there is no reason for a state