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>>mxfh+(OP)
why in the world is this being sunset i wonder

>>helle2+3d
Facts are not a thing the government is interested in now

>>mavhc+ge
Nor is soft power.

The factbook was much more a tool for propaganda than anything else. While you could trust most of the numbers, you shouldn’t expect it to be fair about any socialist or communist countries, usually classified as brutal dictatorships, while it would always be exceedingly kind to countries with US sponsored dictators.

>>rbanff+si
While that is true, the current government makes heavy use of propaganda too.

>>shevy-+Gm
True, but they have abandoned the subtlety of the factbook.

>>rbanff+Vs
The suggestion that obvious propaganda is somehow better than "subtle" propaganda is itself propaganda.