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How is treason and dissent the same?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

They are not the same. Treason is where a citizen betrays their own country to enemy agencies by leaking national secrets or other acts of betrayal.

Dissent is simply having a disagreement with existing government policies or philosophies.

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