https://www.zerohedge.com/political/federal-bureau-intimidation-governments-war-political-freedom

I like this quote from the church committee

Too many people have been spied upon by too many Government agencies and too much information has been collected. The Government has often undertaken the secret surveillance of citizens on the basis of their political beliefs, even when those beliefs posed no threat of violence or illegal acts on behalf of a hostile foreign power.”

And

“Groups and individuals have been harassed and disrupted because of their political views and their lifestyles. Investigations have been based upon vague standards whose breadth made excessive collection inevitable. Unsavory and vicious tactics have been employed—including anonymous attempts to break up marriages, disrupt meetings, ostracize persons from their professions, and provoke target groups into rivalries that might result in deaths. Intelligence agencies have served the political and personal objectives of presidents and other high officials.”

People roll out the line "if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear" but against the power of the state you have everything to fear, they can do anything they want irrespective of your actions.

Power is the problem.

#propaganda #manipulation #politics #power