Expect omission to
be the primary way people downplay their own "bad." People can
suppress, conceal, hide, cover-up their "bad" (errors, crimes,
problems, weaknesses, any unfavorable information) by means of secrecy.
Governments, administrations often can use censorship, controls to ban
the press or internal critics; silencing, eliminating, or "disappearing"
the opposition.
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