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31st December 2022

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talkinggorillabutler asked:

The CIA etc. Using Twitter etc. To do dirty work they're technically not allowed to do themselves is similar to rich guys use of the Pinkertons as strike breakers in the post posse comitatus, post redemption, gilded age

The Pinkertons’ successor in government service is the FBI

  1. talkinggorillabutler said: I know that, but their predecessor was the us army. Until reconstruction ended and the federal government was formally prohibited from strike breaking or quelling local unrest. The shot callers just changed the hats the shooters wore.
  2. kontextmaschine posted this
    The CIA etc. Using Twitter etc. To do dirty work they're technically not allowed to do themselves is similar to rich...