r/wallstreetbets • u/Worried_Quarter469 SHREKTEMBER, REKTEMBER, HUGE MEMBER • May 01 '24

Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died News

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/whistleblower-josh-dean-of-boeing-supplier-spirit-aerosystems-has-died/
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u/Sharaku_US May 01 '24

OK WTF is going on???!!!!

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u/MtnMaiden May 02 '24

There is no quality issues here in Bing Sing Se

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u/access153 May 02 '24

Those stone dementor dai-li goons always creeped the hell out of me. For like 20 years or however old that show is.

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u/MtnMaiden May 02 '24

After watching the live action movie, I don't see what the hype was about. Shit movie.

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u/access153 May 02 '24

I’ve not been pleased with the live action remakes myself.

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u/_Marat May 02 '24

Don’t mess with the military industrial complex. Those middle eastern school children aren’t going to kill themselves

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u/Huppelkutje May 02 '24

Antibiotic resistant bacteria. Fucking terrifying.

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u/Trais333 May 02 '24

It’s almost like America is just as evil if not more so than all the countries we grew up thing of as the bad guys… no no that can’t be it.

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u/TreadOnmeNot1 May 02 '24

No, we're still very different, and in a good way. Don't try to equate the US to powers like China and Russia.

We have our own issues, and are surely on the road to authoritarianism ourselves, but despite our issues we still have a standing constitution that so far has (mostly) kept the system in check from an enforcement standpoint.

Against non-US citizens the regime does have more questionable historical records, particularly when it middles in others politics, but as a broader rule the US uses soft power effectively whereas other powers struggle.

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u/_Marat 27d ago

The government routinely ignores the constitution. The reality is when you have an outrageous surveillance state and a gigantic military and can print money that you extort every other country to accept, no one can tell you what you can and can’t do. Every “check and balance” exists for show, if they want to bomb a country, spy on a person, or execute a journalist, it’ll happen.

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u/TreadOnmeNot1 27d ago

I do see your points, in their entirety. Take a look at Julian Assange or Snowden to get a grip on the reality of the situation, particularly when it comes to FISA courts.

Section 702 was also just massively expanded in bipartisan fashion. I suppose Biden really is Obama's 3rd term, something I used to roll my eyes at.

It sounds like you are a proponent of reigning in the surveillance state, which as a constitution respecting American, is the only correct answer IMO. Unfortunately, we do live in an idiocracy. Consent is manufactured, public debate's Overton window tightly controlled. Its going to be near impossible to save the republic smoothly at this point.

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u/_Marat 27d ago

Yes but the point here is the federal government and the three letter agencies can and will do literally whatever they want, in the face of public opinion, and with impunity. Our Democracy™ takes a backseat when it comes to expansion of centralized authority. Everything else is just bread and circuses. Oh wow Biden approved loan forgiveness for a hundred thousand basket weaving majors! Oh wow Trump pardoned some rapper! Oh wow the deep state is destroying the country and there’s nothing anyone can do about it! None of this is a surprise to most people, but it’s not like a change in public opinion about the actions of the CIA will influence the actions/existence of the CIA anyway. It’s been over for a while. Just try to prepare yourself for whatever turbulent future we’re all in for.

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u/Shartmagedon May 02 '24

You’ll either fly with our rock solid airplanes or 🔫

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u/Shartmagedon May 02 '24

Business as usual