Is COINTELPRO for real? Sounds too conspiracey to me
Is COINTELPRO for real? Sounds too conspiracey to me
Pretty much what the title says
How much proof do you need. The Wikipedia page alone have tons of sources.
24Just because something is a conspiracy doesn't mean it is a lie.
Most conspiracy theories are lies/delusions, but look at the real projects like MKULTRA, they sound like insane conspiracy theories, but are real.
10Difference between:
Conspiracy and Conspiracy Theory
Theories can be proven to be true, or can be just a baseless claim.
Out of the many conspiracy theories, there are some that will be proven to be true.
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Bruh
🙄
Its real.
Did you not pay attention in class, or did your school just deleted that from history class?
https://vault.fbi.gov/cointel-pro
Literally on the FBI official website. (although they might try to downplay it)
Other sources:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/COINTELPRO
https://www.npr.org/2006/01/18/5161811/cointelpro-and-the-history-of-domestic-spying
9Michael Parenti, Dirty Truths
Those who suffer from conspiracy phobia are fond of saying: “Do you actually think there’s a group of people sitting around in a room plotting things?” For some reason that image is assumed to be so patently absurd as to invite only disclaimers. But where else would people of power get together – on park benches or carousels? Indeed, they meet in rooms: corporate boardrooms, Pentagon command rooms, at the Bohemian Grove, in the choice dining rooms at the best restaurants, resorts, hotels, and estates, in the many conference rooms at the White House, the NSA, the CIA, or wherever. And, yes, they consciously plot – though they call it “planning” and “strategizing” – and they do so in great secrecy, often resisting all efforts at public disclosure. No one confabulates and plans more than political and corporate elites and their hired specialists. To make the world safe for those who own it, politically active elements of the owning class have created a national security state that expends billions of dollars and enlists the efforts of vast numbers of people.
Aaron Good, American Exception: Empire and the Deep State
4Ok
4conspiratorial?
1Why would the government spend resources on spying on feminist groups and/or black people social clubs? They pose literally zero danger to the interests of the ruling class?
-15Why would the government spend resources on spying on feminist groups and/or black people social clubs? They pose literally zero danger to the interests of the ruling class?
Respectfully, that take is naive as fuck. Considering the political climate then (and even now), it's not hard to see how groups of citizens banding together for collective actions can easily disrupt the gravy train of the money class. Look at how quickly shit gets done in places like France when they have a general strike.
A mass of citizens banding together will ALWAYS be a threat to the ruling class. Because the ruling class only rules as long as the population is willing to let them rule, because their rule requires the citizenry to enforce and uphold the system.
10I don't even know where to begin with this one
9I mean, its either trolling, or some people just have that much trouble trying to understand a concept. Not everyone is fortunate enough to be born with a baseline ability to learn things. Or some people are just in denial. I mean, if you suddenly learn, that the people in power have been doing a lot of sinister things, its hard to accept that reality.Edit: Okay its a troll
Mods logs is wild.
Removed Post Is that Holocaust photo a forgery? reason: Trolling
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We also have the Snowden revelations... They also snoop on regular "normal" citizens, non-citizens and about everyone.
And concerning the "why": I guess if your job is to spy on people, and you have a big budget available, you do just that. And it's "better" to do more surveillance, than to miss something. Ideally you'd do total surveillance. Only thing stopping that is law and maybe some supervisory board.
8Nawww so innocent....
This was back in peak Racism/Anti women rights times, the simple fact they were in a group, talking to each other about god knows what was enough of a threat to these thin skinned assholes to warrant wasting money and time on this.
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