I would really rather that these were actual examples, and not conspiracy theories. We all have our own unsubstantiated ideas about what shadowy no-gooders are doing, but I’d rather hear about things that are actually happening.

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    South Korea has potemkin villages on its side of the border. The government pays people to live there for a few weeks out of the year. Otherwise they’re empty. Source: been there.

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      It is hilarious how the villages are remarkably similar (and I say that to the South’s credit, in some respects), but one gets called “Propaganda Village” and the other – if it is mentioned at all – is merely called by its name. It’s that meme about “Our noble government, their nefarious regime” in such a literal and direct portrayal that you couldn’t write it in a parody without it being seen as too hamfisted.