▲ 679 ▼ CIA be like (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by HLMenckenFan@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 62 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) Hey now, just because it can't be fixed doesn't mean it can't be better. The CIA is at a special level of dogshit. They can be less evil. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) In theory, yes. In practice I can't imagine the political will exists to actually take down government-sanctioned criminal enterprises like the CIA. I think it would take something like a revolution to actually clean house at that level, and even that's a long shot because revolutions make things worse more often than not. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PugJesus@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago I think reforming the CIA from the ground up isn't impossible, though it'd require a great deal of political will. Going to punish the leaders though, that's probably a lost cause. permalink fedilink source parent [–] cooljacob204@kbin.social -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Are they not already less evil? All the stuff people criticize it about took place mostly 50+ years ago. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PugJesus@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Intelligence_Committee_report_on_CIA_torture No. It's really not. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cooljacob204@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago Ahhh yes, I had forgotten about that. Pretty evil shit. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) In theory, yes. In practice I can't imagine the political will exists to actually take down government-sanctioned criminal enterprises like the CIA. I think it would take something like a revolution to actually clean house at that level, and even that's a long shot because revolutions make things worse more often than not. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PugJesus@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago I think reforming the CIA from the ground up isn't impossible, though it'd require a great deal of political will. Going to punish the leaders though, that's probably a lost cause. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) In theory, yes. In practice I can't imagine the political will exists to actually take down government-sanctioned criminal enterprises like the CIA. I think it would take something like a revolution to actually clean house at that level, and even that's a long shot because revolutions make things worse more often than not. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PugJesus@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago I think reforming the CIA from the ground up isn't impossible, though it'd require a great deal of political will. Going to punish the leaders though, that's probably a lost cause. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago I think reforming the CIA from the ground up isn't impossible, though it'd require a great deal of political will. Going to punish the leaders though, that's probably a lost cause. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cooljacob204@kbin.social -2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Are they not already less evil? All the stuff people criticize it about took place mostly 50+ years ago. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PugJesus@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Intelligence_Committee_report_on_CIA_torture No. It's really not. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cooljacob204@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago Ahhh yes, I had forgotten about that. Pretty evil shit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_Intelligence_Committee_report_on_CIA_torture No. It's really not. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cooljacob204@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago Ahhh yes, I had forgotten about that. Pretty evil shit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cooljacob204@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago Ahhh yes, I had forgotten about that. Pretty evil shit. permalink fedilink source parent
