• CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    3 months ago

    The implication I rarely see explored of the meme that “everyone (presumably excluding the FBI agents) has an FBI agent watching specifically them (and not just a whole group of people, which would presumably mean they were watching someone else most of the time) at all times”, is that half the population would have to be FBI agents.

    • Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      3 months ago

      Yeah, I think that’s like security by obscurity or something. There are just way too many people to surveil. That’s why fear is always the best tactic for authoritarians. If people police themselves they dont have to.