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I saw an ad on linked in for Special Agent hirings because it matched my skills or qualifications.
But then I thought to myself, if I joined and I didnt fall in line Id probably be killed. So nah, no thanks.
If all people who share your opinions think like you then that institution will be left to your opponents.
Joining would be praxis. You don't have to be a double agent or anything, just be a sympathetic voice in meetings and such. Simply making the institution politically diverse and preventing it from being an echo chamber of like-minded people is already making a change in the world.
As an example, in 1923 Hitler attempted a coup, but got off with an amazingly light eight months of prison. The reason is the judiciary at the time were quite sympathetic to him; they didn't do anything illegal, yet had they been SPD supporters instead Hitler might have gotten a life sentence for his high treason.
Im curious, are you American? Because as an American I know that oligarchs control the media and often times people who leak are never painted as heroes. And then they disappear.
CPD is like an example on a city scale where every inner city kid knows they function like a gang.
I will not waste my time trying to infiltrate and put my life on the line when others before me have like Edward Snowden and then be condemned from reentering my country.
I'm not American, it just happens that where I live everyone is quoting from Gramsci's cultural hegemony at the moment. ^^
My point is you don't need to leak to matter, or do anything illegal. The simple fact that powerful institutions are staffed with people who share your ideology is helpful to you. (I do have a lot of respect for leakers though)
join and be the leaker
This is why we (europeans) should all fight more surveillance. Who knows when it's our turn to face fascism.
Again
Remember when Right wingers were calling leftists & liberals fascists.
Right-wingers project & shift the blames of their crimes onto the left
New boss same as old bosses. The intelligence agencies have always been the servant of fascism.
That's a BS "both sides-ism" that can result in people shrugging off the absolute destruction of the operational norms. I wouldn't argue that the two primary parties are heading in the same direction of fascism. However, there's a significant difference between the gleeful sprinting towards it by the right as compared to the Dems dragging their feet and enjoying the scenery.
While the 100 year result might be the same if there isn't systemic change, one side (primarily by inaction) will provide more time to correct course before hitting the iceberg
Historically, the intelligence agencies have opposed leftism and equality movements, and played with kids gloves where right wing is concerned. This is because right wing policies tend to be backed by the elite, who butter the bread of the agencies.
Agree 100% and it has always been frustrating to see right wing groups get a pass for what boils down to "mild" terrorism. I just think that, given the current US political climate, it's detrimental to lump the parties together. I'm only a defender of the Dem Party when in contrast to the GOP. Otherwise there's a litany of grievances I'd aim at them.
This is not business as usual
The solution is more left-wing protest groups. Especially now that their manpower is down. (Edit: they're their)
more left-wing protest groups
That can defend themselves. Not many will openly protest otherwise if the leaders get picked off like snacks at a buffet.
I don’t think that comes naturally to most USA leftists, most of whom only experienced how it used to be in the last 40 years.
It will take a while to learn again. Should look to see how the civil rights movements protected themselves and labor before that
We can look to the French for how crowds surrounded individuals who physically fought back, preventing their capture by authorities. That was a vid I saw on the old site. Dude walloped some cops and then people pulled him into their ranks and made a wall.
Then the cops found out who it was days later and charged him
Wear a mask and don't post videos from protests with recognizable faces.
Good advice. But wearing a mask in public (dissimulating your face in general) is actually illegal in France (because of Sarkozy iirc). Not saying people stopped doing it at protests but it gives an excuse to the police to arrest you even if you are not being violent.
Edit : I just checked, the fine increases 10 to 20 fold for doing it at a protest...
Some laws need to be broken. No government is going to allow you to legally overthrow them.
COVID's still going strong and your mask "is for health protection". Crowds of people like that make for fertile ground for disease to spread which is all the more reason for people to mask up and for fellow protestors to hand out surgical masks.
An even better solution is a full face covering respirator to avoid eye exposure. From disease ~or~ ~chemical~ ~weapons~ ~used~ ~by~ ~police~ ~against~ ~their~ ~own~ ~citizens~.
Future Wikipedia Article:
2025 Lafayette Square protests and massacre
The Lafayette Square Square Massacre were student-led demonstrations held in Lafayette Square, Washington DC, USA. After hours of unsuccessful attempts between the demonstrators and the US government to find a peaceful resolution, the US government deployed troops to occupy the square on the night of [redacted] in what was referred to as the Lafayette Square Massacre. The events are sometimes called the '25 Anti-Fascist Movement.
Patel is a kiddy diddler just like Elon and Trump.
How long until something really bad happens because the FBI is busy prosecuting Trump's political rivals instead of doing their job?
The FBI harassing Trump's political rivals is something really bad.
I feel like Kent State is going to be a footnote by comparison.
Maybe longer than most expect.
There is a bunch of lead time for all sides to get up to speed, maybe more than a year?
I’m beginning to think the Constitution needs an ~~amendment~~ appendix that has definitions of terms, i.e. ‘peaceful protests’
The problem with the Constitution is that it doesn't have enough clauses for the executive branch to ignore.
those that make peaceful protest impossible...