A govt that wants to do bad things to its citizens will do them by controlling the flow of information in order to make the bad things look like good things.
(Just like /r/Bitcoin)
I was proud of our community of reedit the other day ...somebody posted sine bullshit conspiracy theory about the origin of BCH. We busted his balls .. bu the mods left it
Or to make good people look like bad people who deserve the bad things that the govt does to them (e.g. non-violent offenders in prison, minorities in internment camps, etc)
