The FBI’s recruitment of Thiel as a CHS puts him among the bureau’s most prominent assets, but he is not alone among right-wing figures who have collaborated with the bureau. Trump himself offered to help the FBI fight organized crime in Atlantic City in the early 1980s. Truth Social, the Trump-owned social-media company, has quietly tipped the FBI off to users who threaten violence, even as it seeks to cash in on their anger. At least two of the rioters who showed up to storm the Capitol on January 6 were also FBI informants, as was Enrique Tarrio, the Proud Boys leader who was sentenced to 22 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other felonies stemming from the Capitol breach. Tarrio reportedly served as a source for federal and local law enforcement, assisting with the prosecution of more than a dozen people.
Peter Thiel changed his relationship with the Military-Spook-Industrial Complex to
It’s complicated.But seriously, under capitalism, the oligarchs, the state, and organized crime (including fascist gangs) always have symbiotic relationships.
Also, the FBI are cops, and all cops are bastards. They’re not going to save us from Trumpism or fascism. Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses.
I mean yeah but Thiel pretends he has street cred and doesn’t trust no feds. What a god damn chump.
What I think Thiel and his sycophants want is for him or someone in his circle to be made fascist god-emperor and so be commander-in-chief of the feds. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Enlightenment
Remember when Bush Jr was one of the worst things going. Not looking forward to the mess after Trump and his time is looked at as not as s bad based on whatever level of crazy is going on then.
I wonder if there will be a Spanish like Miracle (no one fought for the Fascism after Franco died, everyone fought against it) when people that currently support this shit show say they never did support it.
Fuck you I won’t what you tell me.
Nailed it.
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May be an obvious thing to everybody else, but what do you mean by spook? Where I’m from we’re careful using that word.
It means the same as “spy”, in my experience.
I was thinking less “spy” and more “fingermen” like in V for Vendetta but more secretive.
A spook is a CIA officer or maybe NSA (or at least some sort of spy if you’re using the term more loosely).
Covert government agent. Usually FBI, CIA, or spec ops
What’s the implication/meaning where you’re from? And where is that (if you’re comfortable sharing) so we all don’t put our foot in it when travelling there?
Not OP, but in the U.S. it’s an older racial slur for a black person.
Wow TIL thank you so much. I’ve literally only ever known it to mean “spy” so this is immensely valuable knowledge.
I’ve only ever heard it used in very rural areas and only by old people, so I’m not sure how relevant it is anymore. But, probably best to read the crowd before talking about spies or ghosts I guess.
That’s very sensible and measured advice, DickFiasco. Thank you.
(Is there a Lemmy /rimjobsteve yet?)
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Anyone from the three letter national security agencies.
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Yeah it’s really best to translate that as Geist
It’s a slur, similar to gl**ie has a racist origin but people think calling themselves a lefty means they can’t be racist so use it anyway.
…glowie? gibbie? What are you spelling