A word of caution, fighting and witch-hunts over who's a government shill can poison online communities even when no government agents are actually present. Be careful that you're not doing their job for them.
Do you want solid proof that paid government shills are targeting websites, blogs, forums and social media accounts? For years, many have suspected that government trolls have been systematically causing havoc all over the Internet, but proving it has been difficult.
But now thanks to documents leaked by Edward Snowden and revealed by Glenn Greenwald, we finally have hard evidence that western governments have been doing this.
As you will see below, a UK intelligence outfit known as the Government Communications Headquarters, through a previously secret unit known as the Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group, has been systematically attempting “to control, infiltrate, manipulate, and warp online discourse”.
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It's been said that money is the root of all evil, and while I don't believe that, I sure don't think it's a force for good either. It's a huge part of a system that takes power from vast majority of people and gives it to the very few. It tricks people into putting wealth outside of themselves, and to chase after money instead of searching for the vast riches that lie within. Is this human nature, or does money corrupt? To help answer this question, we ask another, what would happen if monkeys were taught to use money?
