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Yup. They just have enough shame not to admit it publicly
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The entrapment stuff is so fucked up. They aren’t stopping actual terrorist plots, so they are basically faking them and then patting themselves on the back.
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it isn’t much but it’s not a bad living. I was reading an article about an FBI whistleblower that got completely fucked when he was found out and 16 years into the job he was making $150k
(Also part of the plan is him making his wife go into finance and making a bunch of money there, something she is not interested in doing. He’s a bit of a jackass tbh)
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What’s crazy is he has done that kind of stuff. In the last place he lived, he went through all the training and volunteered as wilderness search and rescue. Yeah, he was doing it to be cool and interesting, but it was legitimately helping people and something I definitely respected. I guess it didn’t give him enough authority or some shit idk
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Lmao
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He’s maybe 2 years older than me. As far as respecting my opinion…ehhh idk. I think he judges people off income level way too much, so my HS teacher salary doesn’t exactly impress him. He thinks he is hot-shit, or at least acts like it. I feel like he is pretty insecure deep down.
I think you have been a fantastic help. Any input is helpful in me thinking through this. I definitely don’t want to attack or antagonize. Especially when he doesn’t even have the job or a guarantee of it, yet.
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Thank you. The idea that the FBI has changed from the Bad Old Days is something I have been thinking about. But Hoover’s name is still on the building. And since 9/11, everything that was done to rein in Hoover’s FBI has been rolled back. So many abuses in the name of anti-terrorism
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I would 100% have to explain this to him or he would 100% be working for the landlords and telling me they are people, too.
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Mama mia
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Which I get. Catching serial killers or whatever is you know kind of cool or whatnot. But it doesn’t balance out the scales. If they want to catch killers, start by looking inward. I like your suggestions.
My wife’s sister’s husband has spent a few years as a corporate lawyer for various companies, most recently for some insurance company working to screw other companies out of their coverage. So he tells me “you know, I just don’t like my job, I’m making a ton of money, but I’m not happy, I want to do something meaningful, I want to help people” etc. I’m thinking “oh, okay, right on.” But then my BIL loses me completely when he tells me “so I applied to become and FBI agent and I have already made it pretty far in the process. So an agent might contact you when they do my background check.” (First of all, I’m not speaking to a fucking FBI pig for nothing. Fuck that. And I told my BIL so: “I will not be speaking to the FBI. If an agent contacts me, that is exactly the entirety of what I will say to them before I hang up the phone or shut the door.” But I bit my tongue when it came to why I felt that way) The topic didn’t come up again, but I’ll probably see him again in a couple of weeks. And I feel like I need to say something to him, but what? He claims being an FBI agent has been his dream since he was 15. He apparently thinks joining the FBI is a way to help people. He’s tired of looking after rich people’s money and rich corporations’ money (bro what do you think you’ll be doing with the FBI???) I also feel like a big reason he is doing this is to seem cool and masculine and interesting, not out of a genuine desire to help. What do you guys think? How should I approach it? What specifically should I bring up to demonstrate that the FBI is not the best way to help people? Should I go all out that the FBI is demonstrably evil? Or should I take the approach that it is lame as hell? What alternative path would you suggest to someone with a law degree who says they want to help people? I’m not trying to attack him or anything. It is lame and has made me lose respect for him, but I’m not trying to lead with that.
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Okay but what if my kink is being watched
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A big part of it is that Americans have been propagandized into thinking they can “win” a nuclear war, as if there could be “winners” in that scenario.
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Yeah they just asked for my addy and sent it to me. I didn’t pay for it or anything.
I emailed the embassy office a few weeks ago telling them I was a teacher and asking if they had any literature or materials about the PRC and the CPC. This is what they sent me. Looking forward to it.
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The Mango Press article in question:
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Link here to screenshots, and be sure to read the captions https://imgur.com/a/WNlJB2E We all know it is happening, but it was interesting to see it in action. Here is a link to the Reddit post in question if anyone wants to check if I’m tripping or not. https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZedong/comments/v533ka/tiananmen_the_massacre_that_wasnt_liberation_news/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
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