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i'm going with Hanlon's razor here
by cookieswumchorr 5y ago
i'm going with Hanlon's razor here
- proxysna 5y agoThis exactly how it is. The way they covered up murders during protests is very descriptive of their ability to do such things. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Alexander_Taraikovsky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Alexander_Taraikovsky
- ceejayoz 5y agoSurely Hanlon's "don't assume malice" falls down a bit in state sponsored assassinations?
- 88 5y agoYes, but when the question is whether they’re deliberately giving the impression they’re incompetent to add insult to injury, I’m inclined to assume they’re just plain incompetent.
- Enginerrrd 5y agoBut they do that a lot in other contexts, like using novichok agents or traceable radioisotopes for state assassinations, then 'denying' it was them.
- cookieswumchorr 5y agoi mean the "getting caught out of own incompetence" part of course. a recent example was Navalny's call to his poisoner from the FSB. This was obviously NOT an intended leak