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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/13/technology/colonial-pipeline-ransom.html

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[–] 4 pts

I think someone wanted to launder $5 million for some reason. Well, "reverse-launder" the money- make it go off official accounts and into the hands of the "bad guys" whom can't possibly be found by the massive surveillance WORLD (not state) and brought to justice.

That was a big hint for me that this was bullshit early on- nobody was talking about the identity of the ransomers. The FBI, CIA, NSA- all of these federal investigative organizations that are funded with obscene amounts of money... and they can't find a hacker who struck our fucking oil infrastructure?

And they are PAYING THE RANSOM. Isn't that illegal to negotiate with terrorists? Could this just be a precedent setting event? "We WILL negotiate with terrorists, it's very lucrative to be a terrorist, you can make $5 million in just a week!"

[–] [deleted] 2 pts

Why do we have a military if our national critical infrastructure is just open for attacks and payouts?

[–] 2 pts

Show of force. That's all. It exists purely to prevent other people with guns from coming here on boats and planes and taking our shit.

The instinct to just take what someone who is completely weak is so ingrained in the psyche of our stupid lizard brains, that aggression against the weak is inevitable. It used to be "Hey, that tribe doesn't know how to use their spears to fight people- we do, and we have bows. They have a lot of women, food, and land... got some nice trees and a river... let's go take it. Any man who resits dies, let's go."

[–] 0 pt

Correct, it is illegal to negotiate with terrorists aka democraps, the ones behind this whole hoax