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The FBI Feared Communist Infiltration of EPCOT (muckrock.com)
v3rgEz writes: In 1981, Walt Disney World was getting ready to unveil a new gem in its crown of amusement parks, the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, or EPCOT. Revolving around a massive sphere called "Spaceship Earth" and a lagoon that initially called for cultural installations from nine countries, EPCOT was intended to be the ultimate harmonious international village, a shining example of global unity. Naturally the FBI had a problem with it. FOIA'd documents recently released to MuckRock show that as early as December 1979, almost three full years before the October 1, 1982 opening of EPCOT, the bureau was concerned with possible Soviet involvement in the endeavor. And even after Soviet involvement was ruled out, the FBI began to worry about Chinese influences.
...is fear itself. Seems these wise words have been largely forgotten. As a nation, the USA is the most lily-livered scaredy cats out there. I'm not talking about individuals, just the national characteristic. Why else spend such vast sums on a military that has more or less nothing to do? (and for which idle hands the devil makes plenty of work, starting wars it can't finish and general meddling). Why else are guns so fetishised? Why else is so much effort being put into monitoring everyone's trivial business? Why else are fingers pointed at harmless scapegoats like ordinary muslims? My country, right or wrong? Think about it.
Exactly. Basically since its conception the FBI has been nothing more than America's version of the secret police. Throughout its history the FBI has been used to suppress dissent. It may have had noble goals at its creation, but hoover and his successors along with high-level govt officials from both parties, over the past ~100 years, have shaped it into an organization which is a fundamental threat to basic freedom.
Today its baiting ignorant people into "islamic terror plots" which they clearly have no capability to do on their own. (FYI to wannabe terrorists: Bombs are super easy to make. Like insanely easy. Seriously, you don't need help from potential informants; FYI to panicky american public: Bombs are super easy to make. Someone could also stab you in the Piggly Wiggly parking lot. Or maybe just run you over. You're never safe, this is not new, this is not a bad thing. Oh, plus your govt is FAR more likely to kill you than a terrorist - do the math). What will tomorrow bring?
Doing what job? Making sure Americans aren't exposed to ideas from elsewhere? Especially ideas that might make them question the non-stop pro-capitalist propaganda we're all fed by our corporate media?
The FBI was a joke then and it's a very dangerous joke that isn't very funny now. They only know how to threaten dissent and dissenters, protect the rich and powerful, and of course how to manufacture terrorists so they can arrest them to justify their continued existence.
Africa isn't a country
Then where do tigers come from smart guy?
That's silly. When I use a gun, I point it, pull the trigger, and boom, a paper target gets a hole in it. Why would I want something to die? That wouldn't be very nice.
Claiming that "the power of life or death" is a fetish is ridiculous. Every driver on the road has that power. Every plumber, electrician, and Boy Scout has that power. Every airplane pilot has a lot of that power. The simple truth is that humans are fragile creatures, and the simple safety measures we follow daily can easily be bypassed if one has the motivation to do so. The realization of how close one comes to death every day is terrifying.
That's what scares people, not a magic boom-stick.
What distinguishes firearms, though, is that they are themselves an easy target. Politicians, pundits, and concerned citizens can reassign their fear, allowing themselves to think of cars as "safe", because the really scary thing is a tube that makes loud noises. By concentrating all of the fear into one scapegoat, the rest of society seems perfectly livable.
You do not have a moral or legal right to do absolutely anything you want.