&quot;[T]he public has access, thanks to the media, to news that they know as &#x27;politics&#x27; or &#x27;international relations&#x27;, &#x27;diplomacy&#x27;, which only present [...] what we call &#x27;the formal view&#x27;. The formal view always masks the &#x27;real view&#x27;, because the latter is almost always considered not receivable by a public that is <i>not initiated</i> (the widest audience) who would not be able to conceive of international politics in any other way than via the spectrum of ethics adapted only to social relationships between individuals.&quot; 
- Missions, méthodes, techniques spéciales des services secrets au 21e siècle, Lt Col X  and Jacques Leger (generally quite a good book on modern information wars and opinion manipulation)
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