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Juan
juan.g71 at gmail.com
Sun Nov 1 12:52:17 PST 2015
On Sun, 1 Nov 2015 01:16:15 -0700
coderman <coderman at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/1/15, Juan <juan.g71 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > ...
> > It seems (kinda obvious) to me that to get rid of 'high
> > ranking' targets you need a 'professional' service, agree?
>
> no, this is movie plot thinking.
Ha. That's a funny remark because I was just thinking that AP
does sound like literary fiction so far.
>
> you need someone with access and opportunity.
*And* willing to do it. See, two different things are
getting mixed.
One thing is a market for hitmen who theoretically can kill any
target (hollywood-like...). IF the hitmen exist, then in
principle you can hire them and get the job done.
A rather different thing is the assumption that you can turn
members of the official mafia into 'traitors' by offering them
enough money.
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>
>
> > You are saying that those targets will be taken down by
> > 'traitors'? That can happen sometimes but I don't think it
> > would be common.
>
> most traitors are traitors for money, not ideology.
Evidence? Regardless, the issue is how many traitors you can
buy. Even if 9 out of 10 do it for money, what matters is
the absolute number of potential traitors, not the ratio.
>
> > Also notice that 'traitors' a la snowden don't
> > do it for money. And he didn't kill anybody either (and
> > he's no anarchist anyway)
>
> Snowden is not a typical traitor, as discussed.
Right. And there isn't an AP system in place right now so I
cant really compare. I take my mentioning him back.
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>
>
> > Yet you are saying that a 'modern', big, very well
> > funded government can be overthrown by buying off some of
> > its members with a few million dollars?
>
> i don't think AP would destroy government - that's a separate
> question.
>
> i do think AP would successfully murder even the most high profile
> targets, though.
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