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by csomar 1834 days ago
If that's the case, why would he fear the Internet so much? Your argument doesn't really hold.
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Because that’s where his political enemies are? Most politicians don’t have very deep reasons for why they act.

The set of people who worry about the state of the internet does not overlap very much with the set of people who worry if they have water and the set of people who worry about Hinduism is separate yet. In a democracy whoever can cobble together enough of these different groups (and many more) to make majority will win. If he cannot he will lose. It’s as simple as that.