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Beware: Government Using Image Manipulation for Propaganda (www.eff.org)
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[–] purplestar@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 hour ago

So how could it be a good thing? Well, if the USA manages to rid itself of this cancer, the Trump administration will serve as irrefutable proof that government institutions cannot be considered intrinsically trustworthy, or relied on to act in good faith.

This only works if the population is wanting to sustain it. Previous horrible presidencies has shown us that they will sweep it all under the rug and move on to the next bad thing.