For all the Stasi’s justified paranoia, at least they cared if people were actually guilty, and at least they were defending socialism, not trying to kill it.
Them, the KGB and NKVD, the North Korean and Chinese MSS- I get it a lot more than I get the FBI or CIA. They exist as they do because they live under siege by the CIA which is actively trying to destroy those countries’ right to self-determination. Me using a gun to defend myself isn’t the same as someone using a gun to attack me.
For all the Stasi’s justified paranoia, at least they cared if people were actually guilty, and at least they were defending socialism, not trying to kill it.
Them, the KGB and NKVD, the North Korean and Chinese MSS- I get it a lot more than I get the FBI or CIA. They exist as they do because they live under siege by the CIA which is actively trying to destroy those countries’ right to self-determination. Me using a gun to defend myself isn’t the same as someone using a gun to attack me.
Yeah, my point exactly. In a world where the CIA exists, states the US is hostile to will very much need good internal security agencies and systems.