In both East Germany and Revolutionary France people had their enemies destroyed through these kinds of methods. They either found some dirt on them (not hard t

In both East Germany and Revolutionary France people had their enemies destroyed through these kinds of methods. They either found some dirt on them (not hard to do when everything is illegal), and reported it to the authorities, or simply fabricated allegations and reported those. In East Germany it meant loss of their job, and possibly imprisonment. In Revolutionary France it was off with their heads.