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by patates 1593 days ago
> few things are as dangerous as a desperate government. If they can start wars to divert attention, they can certainly force bad laws

To support this, see Turkey and Russia for current examples.

The usual dying government cycles between "we are now super nationalistic and everyone who doesn't join us are terrorists" and "but think about the children!!11" like clockwork.

The damage these cause lives much longer than the creators. It totally makes sense to tread with care.