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[SUBMITTED] The Great Firewall of @@NAME@@

Postby Nova Catania » Thu Oct 07, 2021 1:40 pm

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Title: The Great Firewall of @@NAME@@

Validity: Internet heavily censored, capitalism, relative freedom of speech

Description: Following the government's crackdown on the Internet, citizens have begun using Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs, to get access blocked content on the web. This trend has caught the attention of government officials, who are bringing you up to speed on the issue.

Option 1: "This defeats the whole purpose of blocking out offensive and anti-government material online" states Tek Nophobe, your Minister of Monitoring the Internet, while reading a newspaper. "We can't have people going behind our back like this, we need to destroy all Internet infrastructure in @@NAME@@ if we must, then everyone would get of their screens and do something productive for a change!"

Effect: The Internet is illegal all across @@NAME@

Option 2: "Hey, people only do this to get around the tyrannical website blockings" says Speek Freely, a young free speech advocate, who talked security into letting him in. "If you would just ease up, people wouldn't have use VPNs, and our freedoms will live once again."

Effect: Surfing the web is considered a civil liberty

Option 3: "You know, this internet censoring thing has resulted in a lot of new business" says Leelon Shlusk, CEO of SouthVPN, the most popular VPN in @@NAME@@, as he joins via video conference. "If you cracked down even more, more people would pay me for a VPN, we'd make more money, and since we're so generous, I'll be sure to contribute some money to your next campaign."

Effect: @@DEMONYM@@ VPN customers surfing the web unknowingly paid for @@LEADER@@'s new surfboards.
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Postby Random Country 453632 » Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:36 pm

Interesting issue for internet ban, and great CRAZY THIRD WAY option!
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Postby Bears Armed » Fri Oct 08, 2021 4:57 am

Alternative title suggestion: 'The Great Firewall of @@NAME@'.
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Postby Nova Catania » Fri Oct 08, 2021 6:11 am

Thanks for the advice!

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Postby Australian rePublic » Mon Oct 18, 2021 11:14 pm

Option 1- that's not how it works. You have to destroy all internet infrastructure in @@NAME@@
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