They’re so dangerous that they’ve never been charged with crimes. We only pretend to be a nation of laws. Really, there is a secret class to whom the law simpl

They’re so dangerous that they’ve never been charged with crimes. We only pretend to be a nation of laws. Really, there is a secret class to whom the law simply does not apply. They get to indefinitely imprison or assassinate anyone they wish, completely arbitrarily, or hack Congressional computers to cover up their own Congressional perjury, get caught at all of it, and get away with all of it, no questions asked. They get to look at anyone’s iMessages and iCloud and Gmail in realtime without a warrant. They get cmd-f over every file in Google Docs and S3 via things like FAA702 and NSLs. They are not elected, they are not accountable, and if you try to shine light on them, they will destroy your reputation, point and click freeze all of your assets without trial or any burden of proof, and attempt to assassinate you, or simply imprison you for decades without trial. (cf Snowden, Assange). All private wealth of any scale exists only at their pleasure. They are the gatekeepers; they are guarding all the doors, they are holding all the keys. They are basically like group %wheel for modern western life. I encourage anyone in doubt to read Edward Snowden's book. The only thing I have totally and unequivocally learned in my life is to never, ever fuck with the CIA.