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They're also good at getting security clearances since they never do anything, so those might've been CIA agents.
by astrange 3y ago
They're also good at getting security clearances since they never do anything, so those might've been CIA agents.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago>They're also good at getting security clearances since they never do anything I never understood why you should mass deny security clearances to people who like to "party".
- TazeTSchnitzel 3y agoThey don't want people who might have done something embarrassing in their past, because foreign adversaries might try to blackmail them with that.
- stouset 3y agoOn the flip side, those are the exact people who often wouldn’t be embarrassed or ashamed of that kind of behavior. I’ve done a lot of things, and I’d openly admit just about all of it if anyone asked. On the other hand if you do find a Mormon who took some liberties in an earlier time in their life…
- astrange 3y agoAs well as admitting everything, it's easier to get a government job if you never did drugs, seeing as they're illegal.
- boffinAudio 3y agoThey're good at being CIA agents because they are supple and compliant and the CIA has tools to make that compliance into nationalistic zealotry that rivals the capabilities of most religions, having refined it through operations such as paperclip, etc..
- astrange 3y agoThey were already nationalistic, that's another part of being Mormons.