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This is one of the best overviews of the US/China media fear control relationship. We no longer wait to analyze the situation before most of America (or any country for that matter) screams, "Shoot it down!" egged on by the media.

My guess is that alien races are hanging around on the perimeter of our space surveillance capability with every technology the Earth needs to resolve our problems, but are just waiting for humanity to evolve enough to not shoot first, ask questions later. Good luck with that.

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Feb 7, 2023·edited Feb 7, 2023

Andrew, A wonderful and timely submission. I'm curious if there is any talk, (government, media, think-tank, podcast, or otherwise) from the perspective of the use of fear to control the narrative disseminated to the general population of both Chinese and US citizens. It seems to me the institutions in both countries greatly benefit from the ability to keep their citizens fearful of the other. It seems cooperation and progress are the stated but not the official goals.

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