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    $\begingroup$ This is quite possibly the best answer I've read yet. It's a broken government, not a stupid one. $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 31, 2018 at 8:55
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    $\begingroup$ Along these lines, you could even have a program where you assist dissidents in their exile if they voluntarily turn themselves in. Make us catch you, and we'll rip you and your family out of your home at 0200, then toss you into the wilderness with nothing but the clothes on your back. Turn yourself in, we'll give you two days to collect what you want from your house (though we'll search it, of course, for anything we can't let an exile have), a nice comfy suite on the boat, and a polite -- but firm -- send-off. $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 2, 2018 at 18:18
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    $\begingroup$ Problem: All the benefits of this can just as easily be achieved by just making it SEEM like dissidents are exiled rather than executed, but still executing them in secret. $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 3, 2018 at 3:11
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    $\begingroup$ Visibility would be very important though, because there's no way in hell dissidents would just take the government's word for it that they're still alive out there somewhere. $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 3, 2018 at 3:16
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    $\begingroup$ You could make reality TV out of it, edited of course to make the dissidents look like the trashy sorts you'd find on Love Island or Ex on the Beach. $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 3, 2018 at 11:14