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A key element of the government going full Orwell is to make sure that most people believe their propaganda first. To establish an alternative news system that tells them who to hate. The entire narrative about refugees has been steered in this direction, enabling the government to treat them in an extremely authoritarian fashion. They're not citizens and they don't have guns, so the rest of the public is fine with mistreating them.

It's only six dead children so far. Barely moves the outrage needle. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/23/migrant-chil...