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Yes. It is ridiculous how closely the language sounds to that of a dictatorial regime. The language is just so.. cringy. When I first read, I genuinely could not believe it was not onion or some weird caricature.

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Also consistently calls out PRC as a threat without acknowledging the diversity of bad players on the net. This is more about posing and politics than countering real threats.

Gotta spice up your propaganda with some attacks attributed to North Korea, Iran and Russia.

This document looks like a prop from Starship Troopers or Robocop.

Cyberpunk is now!

WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?

"Transhumanism is about how technology will eventually help us overcome the problems that have, up until now, been endemic to human nature. Cyberpunk is about how technology won't." - Stephen Lea Sheppard.

This is definitely in the "won't" category.

The first sentence really stood out to me...

"The Clean Network program is the Trump Administration’s comprehensive approach to..."

Isn't that a bit odd? Surely these things would be worded as 'is the United States Government approach..' It almost smacks of 'errr, don't blame us guys, it wasn't our idea.

Love the low res images of the logos too.

Probably the same reason why every white house announcement has to say that whatever it is is way better than any previous administration did or could have done.

Alternatively, it's a "look at what our administration is doing to stop…"

Every time Pence talked during a Covid update, he'd say "Thanks to President Trump's leadership...".

God fucking damnit...

No doubt - Start by cleaning the image.

Thanks for posting this, I was looking for this comment. I had to check the URL multiple times because the more I read the more I was convinced it was a parody site. Even the "Clean" typeface evoking the Mr. Clean brand, I thought surely this must be a joke.

In some sense all governments are the same. Any government trying to create a great firewall will use the same kind of propagandistic, utopian-seeming verbiage and metaphors.

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