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Sometimes I wonder why the alphabet soup surrounding intel-gathering isn't collapsed into one department, something that could be called "Homeland Security" or
by drdeadringer 13y ago
Sometimes I wonder why the alphabet soup surrounding intel-gathering isn't collapsed into one department, something that could be called "Homeland Security" or similar.
- shalalala 13y agoAll sarcasm aside, this is really an important win. The purpose of law enforcement is not to enforce laws, it is to preserve disorder. I'm not saying that is their mission, but it does clear a big talking point out of the way for real change. edit: misspelling.
- drdeadringer 13y agoAfter a moment of consideration I wondered how "investigation", which thought of as "gathering evidence", came to mean "enforcement". And now that I say it out, I clearly see the surveillance around here.
- zachrose 13y agoUnited Stated Office of Unspecified Services (U.S.O.U.S.) would be my first pick.
- drdeadringer 13y agoA possible new business model for the USPS.
- koenigdavidmj 13y agoOffice of Unusual Size? I don't think that exists.
- drdeadringer 13y agoIt does in swamps. Isn't DC built on one?
- greenyoda 13y agoIn 1984, Orwell called it the "Ministry of Love": "The Ministry of Love serves as Oceania's interior ministry. It enforces loyalty and love of Big Brother through fear, a repressive apparatus, and brainwashing. ... It is arguably the most powerful ministry, controlling the will of the population. The Thought Police is part of Miniluv." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Love https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Love