“One of the weirdest mainstream political beliefs is that secretive government agencies…”

Many people know that secretive government agencies (such as the Central Intelligence Agency) have done bad things (such as MKUltra mind control experiments), but it’s often assumed that that these agencies don’t do bad things anymore. This belief is based on nothing, just the fact that the bad programs we know about have stopped and the current secret programs are not known.
   
“One of the weirdest mainstream political beliefs is that secretive government agencies who did evil things in the past just don’t do evil things anymore. This belief is based on literally nothing. It’s believed because it’s comfortable” was posted on Twitter by Caitlin Johnstone on January 2, 2021. “One of the weirdest mainstream political beliefs is that secretive government agencies who did evil things in the past just don’t do evil things anymore. This belief is based on literally nothing. Nothing whatsoever. It’s believed because it’s comfortable” was posted on Twitter by Caitlin Johnstone on April 16, 2021.
 
 
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Caitlin Johnstone
@caitoz
One of the weirdest mainstream political beliefs is that secretive government agencies who did evil things in the past just don’t do evil things anymore. This belief is based on literally nothing. It’s believed because it’s comfortable.
12:37 AM · Jan 2, 2021
 
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Caitlin Johnstone
@caitoz
One of the weirdest mainstream political beliefs is that secretive government agencies who did evil things in the past just don’t do evil things anymore. This belief is based on literally nothing. Nothing whatsoever. It’s believed because it’s comfortable.
8:43 AM · Apr 16, 2021
 
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Cheetah Underpants Hunter
@swelteer
Replying to @roky808 @i_tumulty and @mtaibbi
One of the weirdest mainstream political beliefs is that secretive government agencies who did evil things in the past just don’t do evil things anymore. This belief is based on literally nothing. It’s believed because it’s comfortable.
- - Caitlin Johnstone
6:22 PM · Apr 20, 2021
 
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Declaration of Memes
@libertycappy
(The January 2, 2021 tweet by Caitlin Johnstone is shown.—ed.)
1:30 PM · Feb 10, 2023