▲ 1396 ▼ The problem with not voting (fedia.io) submitted 2 years ago by perishthethought@lemm.ee to c/tumblr@lemmy.world 470 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 12 points 2 years ago (6 children) Well that's the left fucked then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 years ago (5 children) I'm convinced that the CIA is somehow causing the American left to be unable to organize, because with organization comes power, and the left having power would mean a shift away from corporate rule. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 points 2 years ago Closest they seemed to get was the Black Panthers. So it was the FBI rather than the CIA that busted that in. permalink fedilink source parent [–] wildcherry@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago The CIA killed socialist politician in my country. And I'm not some banana south-american dictature, I'm in western europe. permalink fedilink source parent [–] hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) Like by infiltrating, arresting, and executing them? It's the FBI. You know about COINTELPRO, right? There are tons of FBI documents talking about how they did exactly that. Or like... The drug war? This shit is recent and still going on. I have a friend who's an organizer. The FBI comes and knocks on his door every April just to tell him they're watching him. This happens to every visible organizer in the Seattle area. I mean, fucking Durkan and Robert Child's. The US apparatus of state violence primarily targets the left. We live under a continuous counterinsurgency program and it's mostly targeted and keeping the left from organizing. Go read Life During Wartime and watch Trouble episode 6. There's huge and well documented paper trail. The CIA prevents democracy aborad, the FBI prevents it at home. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Who's the one that tried to get MLK Jr. to off himself due to him getting a bit too socialist? FBI? Whoever it was was probably also involved in his shooting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago That would be the FBI. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 years ago (5 children) I'm convinced that the CIA is somehow causing the American left to be unable to organize, because with organization comes power, and the left having power would mean a shift away from corporate rule. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 points 2 years ago Closest they seemed to get was the Black Panthers. So it was the FBI rather than the CIA that busted that in. permalink fedilink source parent [–] wildcherry@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago The CIA killed socialist politician in my country. And I'm not some banana south-american dictature, I'm in western europe. permalink fedilink source parent [–] hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) Like by infiltrating, arresting, and executing them? It's the FBI. You know about COINTELPRO, right? There are tons of FBI documents talking about how they did exactly that. Or like... The drug war? This shit is recent and still going on. I have a friend who's an organizer. The FBI comes and knocks on his door every April just to tell him they're watching him. This happens to every visible organizer in the Seattle area. I mean, fucking Durkan and Robert Child's. The US apparatus of state violence primarily targets the left. We live under a continuous counterinsurgency program and it's mostly targeted and keeping the left from organizing. Go read Life During Wartime and watch Trouble episode 6. There's huge and well documented paper trail. The CIA prevents democracy aborad, the FBI prevents it at home. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Who's the one that tried to get MLK Jr. to off himself due to him getting a bit too socialist? FBI? Whoever it was was probably also involved in his shooting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago That would be the FBI. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 points 2 years ago Closest they seemed to get was the Black Panthers. So it was the FBI rather than the CIA that busted that in. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wildcherry@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago The CIA killed socialist politician in my country. And I'm not some banana south-american dictature, I'm in western europe. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) Like by infiltrating, arresting, and executing them? It's the FBI. You know about COINTELPRO, right? There are tons of FBI documents talking about how they did exactly that. Or like... The drug war? This shit is recent and still going on. I have a friend who's an organizer. The FBI comes and knocks on his door every April just to tell him they're watching him. This happens to every visible organizer in the Seattle area. I mean, fucking Durkan and Robert Child's. The US apparatus of state violence primarily targets the left. We live under a continuous counterinsurgency program and it's mostly targeted and keeping the left from organizing. Go read Life During Wartime and watch Trouble episode 6. There's huge and well documented paper trail. The CIA prevents democracy aborad, the FBI prevents it at home. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Who's the one that tried to get MLK Jr. to off himself due to him getting a bit too socialist? FBI? Whoever it was was probably also involved in his shooting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago That would be the FBI. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Who's the one that tried to get MLK Jr. to off himself due to him getting a bit too socialist? FBI? Whoever it was was probably also involved in his shooting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago That would be the FBI. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago That would be the FBI. permalink fedilink source parent
