• ViatorOmnium@piefed.social
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      4 months ago

      During Gestapo and Stasi times most informants did their best to remain anonymous because no one likes snitches. Openly following someone and bragging about it is sociopathic even by nazi and Stalinist standards.

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        4 months ago

        Oh, they just didn’t realize that they are easy targets themselves. Early days are always like this.

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      4 months ago

      You mean KKK, Confederacy, White Supremacist, Slaver, Jan 6th Protester etc… The threat isn’t foreign to America, and its been here in America since before Nazis existed.