Well clearly there are a lot of really altruistic hacks going on. Obviously, some nation-states are trying very hard to blacken their own name, since they have nothing better to do.
Oddly, it's never Norway, in that case.
It's part of the "pretending to be a moron" strategy in Sun Tzu's The Art of War:-
"Never let the enemy interrupt you while you are discrediting yourself exactly according to their recently stated wishes. If they're doing it and pretending to be you, play along with it. The Gods demand it!
Never obstruct the men and money the enemy expends to discredit you. They invite total global destruction, but one of the two functionally identical ruling clans may win a regional election because of it. This is a great prize for the enlightened.
You must weaken yourself and invite invasion, to which the only possible response is to erase both your nation and theirs simultaneously. They must not be allowed to understand as their forbears did that this will inevitably happen, or they will stop attacking you, and the wonderful surprise will be spoiled.
In this way you can distract everyone enough, so you can finally finish your breakfast in peace, and burp heartily".
Biting the hand that feeds IT
