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Originally Posted by Dextro
Because the US has a government that has to deal with public opinion and regular people don't usually like to be the bad guys. Freedom of speech coupled with democracy tends to force government officials to think of the ramifications of what they say.
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What amazes me is that the Pentagon handled it pretty well, with the occasional disaster like Watergate, Iran-Contra, My-Lai, Snowden, etc.
China on the other hand, doesn't have "public opinion" to worry about. Just keyboard warriors.
