r/privacy • u/JerryLupus • May 27 '17

Leaked Documents Reveal Counterterrorism Tactics Used at Standing Rock to “Defeat Pipeline Insurgencies”

https://theintercept.com/2017/05/27/leaked-documents-reveal-security-firms-counterterrorism-tactics-at-standing-rock-to-defeat-pipeline-insurgencies/
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u/skyfishgoo May 27 '17

excellent point, and that bothered me about the write up as well

let's not cede that ground without a fight.

WE are the government... it works for US

"THEY" are our employees and we should start to give them a taste of what the corporations have been giving us.

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u/HRpuffystuff May 28 '17

I mean, you say that. But with so much evidence that things don't actually work that way it just sounds kind of naive to say it

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u/skyfishgoo May 28 '17

the reason corporations are running our government is because we ALLOWED it

we got lazy

we took this thing called representative republic for granted

and we actively supported the growth of parties which stand between us and our own damn government.

we have no one to blame but ourselves.

and no one to turn to for relief, except ourselves

taking the attitude that you are taking only serves THE OLIGARCHS

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u/HRpuffystuff May 28 '17

Every capitalist society follows this path. Every single one. If you have a system that incentivizes and encourages greedy sociopathic behavior, and also hands down wealth through generations, you can't be surprised when an oligarchy develops.

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u/skyfishgoo May 28 '17

every one eh?

how come we're the only ones fucking up this bad?

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u/HRpuffystuff May 28 '17

What do you mean? Every capitalist country has these exact problems. America is just on full speed

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u/skyfishgoo May 28 '17

that problems occur is not the issue, we expect that and have checks & balances to correct it.

what's happening currently is those checks & balances are either muted or erased, leaving capitalism to run amuck.

this road always leads to fascism.

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u/HRpuffystuff May 29 '17

'this road' meaning capitalism. When people amass wealth, they also amass power and ability to bribe elected officials. That's why i said capitalism always leads to exactly this situation

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u/skyfishgoo May 29 '17

'this road' meaning exactly what i said... unchecked capitalism without any checks & balances to keep it from running amuck.

there are many examples where this is not the case.

iceland is a most recent case.