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Including their own. How soon before the government is utilizing its security apparatus to blackmail its own wealthy and powerful?
by wonderwonder 7y ago
Including their own. How soon before the government is utilizing its security apparatus to blackmail its own wealthy and powerful?
- bilbo0s 7y agoI think that ship likely sailed long ago.
- mandelbrotwurst 7y agoThe fact that something has gone wrong before (even if repeatedly!) does not imply that we should not attempt to prevent it from happening again, or that it's no longer possible to take steps that would move us in that direction.
- __jal 7y agoPlease allow me to introduce you to J. Edgar Hoover. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover Not that he was the first in US history, by a long shot.