The united lands country made the decision to go to war with inkit country. some government and military leaders predicted that victory against inkit country would be swift because it were not organized or technologically advanced enough to fight the united lands forces successfully.
this could be considered an example of

self-appointed mindguards

Explanation:

Self-appointed mindguards:-

They are the members that are emerged from the group in order to protect the leader and the group's members from the information which can be problematic or adverse to to the morality and the cohesiveness of the group and its members.

Thus, the given case study in the question is an example of self-appointed mindguards.

so you know what happened be fore you were alive

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