5.3.2.2. Censorship makes no one trust your country (审查使得沒有人相信你的国家)
Who would trust a government that does not trust its own journalists and citizens?
Even democracies cannot be trusted, but dictatorships? No one ever believes what they say, even when it’s true.
The boy just called wolf far too many times.
And as a result, this makes it very difficult to have allies.
Sure, other dictatorships will seem to become allies with your dictatorship and collaborate.
But deep down, you know that they are all just waiting patiently to put a knife in one other’s backs.
Dictators will always live in fear.
Who would trust a government that does not trust its own journalists and citizens?
Even democracies cannot be trusted, but dictatorships? No one ever believes what they say, even when it’s true.
The boy just called wolf far too many times.
And as a result, this makes it very difficult to have allies.
Sure, other dictatorships will seem to become allies with your dictatorship and collaborate.
But deep down, you know that they are all just waiting patiently to put a knife in one other’s backs.
Dictators will always live in fear.