On Sun, 1 Nov 2015 01:16:15 -0700 coderman <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 11/1/15, Juan <[email protected]> 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. > > > > > 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. > > > > > 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.
