• Mesophar@lemm.ee
    102·
    22 days ago

    Agreed. Undercover DEA agent busting up a drug ring (regardless of debate about what drugs should be legalized) is a bit different from a task force suppressing political opposition through imprisonment and "accidents ". Though I’m wondering if the gap with decrease over the next four years…

    • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      9·
      22 days ago

      Count on it. I recall seeing videos of protestors around Trump’s last year in office getting yanked into unmarked vans. I think it was around the same time he was using customs and border protection to do peacekeeping operations.

    • RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      33·
      22 days ago

      Therein lies the issue with Crying Wolf.

      When the real US Secret Police is established next year, the alarm will already have been sounded and will therefore be less effective.

        • RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
          33·
          22 days ago

          There’s a big difference between the Stasi and the FBI. Granted, the FBI has been known to occasionally do Stasi-esque illegal shit (most notably assassinating MLK), but that’s not their mission statement and what they do the vast majority of the time.

          Again, you will probably be right in a little while when Project 2025 kicks in, but at present you’re pulling the fire alarm because someone is unwrapping a toaster strudel.