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This has been a problem for a while (I remember reading about FBI doing drug busts this way -- convincing an at risk but otherwise innocent to play along in a f
by ccvannorman 10y ago
This has been a problem for a while (I remember reading about FBI doing drug busts this way -- convincing an at risk but otherwise innocent to play along in a fake drug deal) -- and it is not a good thing.
Shouldn't the role of government be to better the populace? Instead people are paid a salary and told to go out into the world and create criminals.
- lallysingh 10y agoIs that directly, or via an informant who's setting things (and people) up for their own benefit?
- ch4s3 10y agoboth
- darpa_escapee 10y agoCareers need to be made and paychecks need to be justified. We built a multi-billion dollar and multi-department apparatus to prevent people from committing a very specific, rare crime. It's been operating for close to two decades now and needs to warrant its continued existence. Maybe we shouldn't use boogeymen as scapegoats for expanding government power because they will create boogeymen to keep power/funding or demand more.