Genuine question (absolutely not a call to arms): why do we not see or hear about political assassinations or assassination attempts ever anymore?
How is it that we have people who, every day, are so disgruntled with something that they're willing to give up their life or freedom by taking their own life or taking the life of someone else, but never do any of these insane people blame a politician enough to make them their target?
I just don't understand how there isn't a larger overlap between people who blame politicians for all of their life's woes (a huge group, nearly everyone) and people who are crazy enough to be willing to completely give up their life and freedom by taking their own life or taking the life of someone else (people commit suicide and murder every day).
Why do the relatively common "terrorist" attacks of modern times not ever seem to target politicians? Why do they target grocery stores, schools, subways, marathons, skyscrapers full of business people, etc.?
I just don't understand. The secret service is not super-human, and they're surely not as tight as they're depicted in the movies. And many high ranking politicians don't have constant secret service protection, or even hired private security.
Are all the attacks fake? Surely it can't be. Do they intentionally hide assassination attempts? That would make sense, as if they make it seem like it never happens, it's less likely to happen (I firmly believe that school shootings happen more frequently when we broadcast them, because potential shooters realize it's a feasible thing for them to do). But how are none of the attempts successful? Like I said, many politicians don't have very good security, or so I thought.
Because the DS and NSA monitor way more than they're supposed to.
Maybe, you should also ask why most mass shooting are hoaxes or ff? Why aren't there legitimate mass shootings or acts of domestic terrorism? How do cops continually bust X pounds of drugs with a "random" traffic stop?
I don't subscribe to the idea that the DS and NSA are superhuman. Evil, yes, but they no amount of money and manpower can monitor stuff so closely. It's just not possible. The level of sophistication required would be like nothing we have ever seen before; definitely not something the government is capable of.
Remember, nobody really knows what's going on, and we're all kind of faking our way through it. This goes for you, your coworkers, your bosses, doctors, lawyers, judges, politicians, law enforcement, etc. Nobody has it so tightly together that they can recognize every potential political assassination and intervene in time.
To have an actual eye and ear on everyone at once may be impossible, but technology to keep a database of everyone- which they can then use to get details on any individual...that's a different story. Hell, look at what just the average civilian can dig up on someone if they just used what's available to the public.
Genuine question (absolutely not a call to arms): why do we not see or hear about political assassinations or assassination attempts ever anymore?
How is it that we have people who, every day, are so disgruntled with something that they're willing to give up their life or freedom by taking their own life or taking the life of someone else, but never do any of these insane people blame a politician enough to make them their target?
I just don't understand how there isn't a larger overlap between people who blame politicians for all of their life's woes (a huge group, nearly everyone) and people who are crazy enough to be willing to completely give up their life and freedom by taking their own life or taking the life of someone else (people commit suicide and murder every day).
Why do the relatively common "terrorist" attacks of modern times not ever seem to target politicians? Why do they target grocery stores, schools, subways, marathons, skyscrapers full of business people, etc.?
I just don't understand. The secret service is not super-human, and they're surely not as tight as they're depicted in the movies. And many high ranking politicians don't have constant secret service protection, or even hired private security.
Are all the attacks fake? Surely it can't be. Do they intentionally hide assassination attempts? That would make sense, as if they make it seem like it never happens, it's less likely to happen (I firmly believe that school shootings happen more frequently when we broadcast them, because potential shooters realize it's a feasible thing for them to do). But how are none of the attempts successful? Like I said, many politicians don't have very good security, or so I thought.
Because the DS and NSA monitor way more than they're supposed to.
Maybe, you should also ask why most mass shooting are hoaxes or ff? Why aren't there legitimate mass shootings or acts of domestic terrorism? How do cops continually bust X pounds of drugs with a "random" traffic stop?
Who can or would do is monitored and controlled.
Everyone is.
I don't subscribe to the idea that the DS and NSA are superhuman. Evil, yes, but they no amount of money and manpower can monitor stuff so closely. It's just not possible. The level of sophistication required would be like nothing we have ever seen before; definitely not something the government is capable of.
Remember, nobody really knows what's going on, and we're all kind of faking our way through it. This goes for you, your coworkers, your bosses, doctors, lawyers, judges, politicians, law enforcement, etc. Nobody has it so tightly together that they can recognize every potential political assassination and intervene in time.
To have an actual eye and ear on everyone at once may be impossible, but technology to keep a database of everyone- which they can then use to get details on any individual...that's a different story. Hell, look at what just the average civilian can dig up on someone if they just used what's available to the public.
It's entirely possible.