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The 2012 Smith-Mundt Modernization Act still exists

submitted by SithEmpire to whatever 1 monthApr 20, 2025 09:56:19 ago (+37/-0)     (whatever)

US citizens still subject to the post-war propaganda apparatus, the legal prevention of which was bolstered during the cold war. Would be interesting to know whether the original programme would be deemed now as unnecessary as USAID was.

I think the act was pitched as allowing domestic requests to access the material produced for international propaganda... the same stuff deemed too dangerously subversive before. Either way, war apparatus was turned to face inward.

Just thought to keep out of the memory hole something the nigger-in-chief pushed through, and the opposition hasn't repealed it yet.


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[ - ] bobdole9 8 points 1 monthApr 20, 2025 10:08:56 ago (+8/-0)

It's not a "program", it's law stating propaganda can be distributed to Americans within the United States.

Lying can happen without any funding...until the "Modernization" version is repealed, the lies will keep coming.

[ - ] dosvydanya_freedomz 1 point 1 monthApr 20, 2025 11:47:32 ago (+1/-0)

pretty much

[ - ] GreenSaint 2 points 1 monthApr 20, 2025 20:26:45 ago (+2/-0)

One time in college my roommate was entertaining the idea of interning with the nsa. This is a random roommate. So I start getting texts from some bitch asking to do a background check. I ignore them cause you know fuck off. The texts get angrier and angrier till finally I respond. I SAID YOU WANT DOOKIE STICK? I’ll mail you many dookie stick. I wish I still had her number. I used to send her fucked up images in the middle of the night. For months. Imagine harassing some random dude with the entitlement that you deserve a response and not only that you deserve a response but that they would allow you to do a background check on them. Hey nsa bitch if you ever see this you’re the reason I’ll die for my beliefs fuck you.

[ - ] SithEmpire [op] 0 points 1 monthApr 20, 2025 21:16:17 ago (+0/-0)

Wait, who considered interning, you or your roommate? That sounds like your roommate applied or whatever, and in response they wanted to review you as well.

Kinda funny and a deserved response for disturbing you though.

[ - ] Not_C 2 points 1 monthApr 20, 2025 15:02:28 ago (+2/-0)

If Trump or the Republicans wanted to prevent the Democrats from lying to Americans they would reverse the Act.

But AIPAC funded politicians on both sides need their puppets to lie with immunity.