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by MangoToupe 345 days ago
> Most of those things aren't joining up with a foreign adversary with whom we're officially at war.

Adversary to the people, or the state? These are wildly different concepts. Just because my state has beef with China doesn't mean they can't convince me that my life is better with China in it. Sometimes states just misrepresent the people.

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Right, but in the same vein, the British crown has a documented history of applying that label to dissidents. It was part of why were revolted in the first place.

Our definition for what constitutes treason is purposely narrow specifically due to the abuse potential.