Interesting observation. Here is another one that I haven't seen yet.... Forcing criticism of the state to stay at the individual level drastically reduces the

Interesting observation. Here is another one that I haven't seen yet.... Forcing criticism of the state to stay at the individual level drastically reduces the potential for foreign-funded fake grassroots movements to change the trajectory of domestic policy. This stops a very common social attack vector that governments in the west readily employ around the world. Anyone on the receiving end of American foreign policy hostility can understand this protectionist position.