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Re:I refused to become an FBI informant, the government put ... by temp8964 on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @03:31PM (#26716337)
So what happens to people refuse to work for the cops in other countries? "Sorry for bothering you, bye-bye"?
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Re:I refused to become an FBI informant, the government put ... by pjc50 on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @03:44PM (#26716480)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_undercover_policing_relatio...

The UK is also proposing a law to give informers and police widespread immunity from prosecution for undercover crimes: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/spy-cops-law-bill-polic...

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Re:I refused to become an FBI informant, the government put ... by xnyan on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @03:34PM (#26716369)
If it’s a government for the people, yes. If it’s a government for someone/something else, then make people do stuff for the other by threat of force.
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Re:I refused to become an FBI informant, the government put ... by Quarrelsome on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @03:38PM (#26716417)
yes-ish. No government is immune to corruption but certain forms of government narrow areas of operable corruption whereas others can expand it. It's always there but just harder to exploit.
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Re:I refused to become an FBI informant, the government put ... by temp8964 on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @03:39PM (#26716427)
I am asking about practice, not theory.
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Re:I refused to become an FBI informant, the government put ... by giantg2 on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @03:55PM (#26716610)
"make people do stuff for the other by threat of force."

That's the basic premise of any state and society.

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Re:I refused to become an FBI informant, the government put ... by praptak on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @04:05PM (#26716718)
That's exactly what happened to someone I know who refused to work for an analogue of a three letter agency in Poland. This was 10+ years ago though, so it doesn't say anything about the current state of affairs.
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Re:I refused to become an FBI informant, the government put ... by BiteCode_dev on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @04:05PM (#26716728)
In a lot of countries, yes.
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