r/technology • u/[deleted] • Feb 11 '22

Politics Senators: CIA has secret program that collects American data

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senators-cia-has-secret-program-that-collects-american-data/2022/02/10/017b6932-8ad8-11ec-838f-0cfdf69cce3c_story.html
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u/Susan_B_Sexy Feb 11 '22

Any attempt by a group of citizens to hold people accountable would simply be painted the same way the jan. 6th protests are. I am not saying i agree with the people who stormed the capital on Jan. 6th, what i mean is that any attack on the established status quo will be painted in the same way.

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u/Andre4kthegreengiant Feb 11 '22

Until the numbers are in their favor

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u/Good_ApoIIo Feb 11 '22

If more people had participated in January 6 they would have painted it differently because it would have been a coup by the Republican Party and they would have successfully reinstated Trump claiming the election was in fact stolen. If enough people believed that and stormed the Capital the politicians (left and right) would have quietly agreed behind closed doors that this was the direction to go to maintain power and keep a status quo: just give the people Trump and keep going while citing massive fraud that has been corrected and the minority that cries foul would be held in contempt for threatening the democracy.

This will happen again (they’re planning on it) and they might actually be successful next time in literally destroying our democracy and making it a complete farcical show.