I’ve recently realized that this is true even for Russia.
The demonization of KGB and FSB, popular at some point, is … not really against the regime, the regime is fine with it. Of course these organizations fulfilled their clearly stated function. But they are not the pinnacle of evil. Cause, well, evil likes uncertainty, and being an organization with rules is not that. KGB had whole universities, most of people from those work in tech, not in FSB.
And FSB is not only doing what public perception says about it. They are doing a lot of usual security stuff, say, phishing and phony ATMs and public systems’ security audits are all their job. Actually those people I’ve met likely to have professional contacts with that service are … one can say very intelligent and perfectly understanding of good and evil.
While thousands of cops, anti-riot units, internal troops and such are the real foundation of the regime. People kinda dumb, not well-paid, heavily dependent upon that state and also led by pack instinct.
With that in place, the evil itself doesn’t need FSB to do whatever it wants, drug trade, murdering those they don’t like, undocumented prisons, kidnappings, whatever.
I’ve recently realized that this is true even for Russia.
The demonization of KGB and FSB, popular at some point, is … not really against the regime, the regime is fine with it. Of course these organizations fulfilled their clearly stated function. But they are not the pinnacle of evil. Cause, well, evil likes uncertainty, and being an organization with rules is not that. KGB had whole universities, most of people from those work in tech, not in FSB.
And FSB is not only doing what public perception says about it. They are doing a lot of usual security stuff, say, phishing and phony ATMs and public systems’ security audits are all their job. Actually those people I’ve met likely to have professional contacts with that service are … one can say very intelligent and perfectly understanding of good and evil.
While thousands of cops, anti-riot units, internal troops and such are the real foundation of the regime. People kinda dumb, not well-paid, heavily dependent upon that state and also led by pack instinct.
With that in place, the evil itself doesn’t need FSB to do whatever it wants, drug trade, murdering those they don’t like, undocumented prisons, kidnappings, whatever.