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While I don't agree with the way he is pricing in government failure...because it can be argued and its ultimately weakening to the argument. The fact J Edgar
by fweespeech 11y ago
While I don't agree with the way he is pricing in government failure...because it can be argued and its ultimately weakening to the argument.
The fact J Edgar Hoover controlled the FBI for more than half of its existence. He is also 1/12th of the people who have held the position.
I'd say that is a strong enough argument in and of itself. You just need one guy at the top of the surveillance pile pulling the same tricks and 1 in 12 odds is pretty high.
[ Yes, I'm aware this isn't technically accurate but its close enough for rhetoric purposes. ]
- rm_-rf_slash 11y agoI think the author's two points were that by mixing an unscrupulous individual with a lot of power and access to immense amounts of information you have the recipe for totalitarian control, and those ingredients are much closer than we would like to think.