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ktln2 ◴[] No.20740781[source]
China has been doing this for a while, not only on social media, but traditional media / institutions too. It's about time to get serious about this problem.

https://www.hoover.org/news/china-exerting-sharp-power-influ...

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1. prewett ◴[] No.20741787[source]
It's inherent in all communist states (that have existed). There is a document called "Chapter NN", where NN is some number, I think in the teens, from eastern Europe that describes the dynamic. Unfortunately I have no idea how to search for it, so if someone could post a link I'd be grateful. If I recall correctly, the problem is that the State claims to represent the people, but in fact it does not represent the people. Thus, it must lie in everything it says, otherwise it could not claim to represent the people.