Cory Doctorow on Nostr: Here's the #DictatorsDilemma: they want to block their country's frustrated elites ...

Here's the #DictatorsDilemma: they want to block their country's frustrated elites from mobilizing against them, so they censor public communications; but they also want to know what their people truly believe, so they can head off simmering resentments before they boil over into regime-toppling revolutions.

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https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/26/dictators-dilemma/#garbage-in-garbage-out-garbage-back-in

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