Had an interesting talk with a cyber CIA trainee

And it got me thinking.

The "I'm just doing what I'm told" and "This is just a paycheck" thing is prolific.

(to be fair, cyber doesn't pay amazingly)

So is a sense that everything is out of their control, despite their being an actual living and breathing part of the control system.

And there is a huge amount of fear of wrong think or taking in too much information. They're supposed to process it, not absorb it. They treat intel like a bomb.

It boils down to even if they downright know what they are doing is contributing to the direct demise and deaths of American citizens, of which they are one, they feel like they still need to do it because that is what they are being told to do. And they follow authority.

The nihilism is overwhelming, and you can see some of the "the world is dying, its too late to do anything, we're helpless so why bother" environmental doctrine from school coloring their every decision.

I get the feeling they would follow authority directly to their own deaths, as long as they could pretend it wasn't happening on the way there.

They've been placed in a position under something that has a lot of power (government) and feel powerless, even though they are supposed to be adults. They are ball-less.

So, what we end up with is a plethora of adult children doing the bidding of a very few who do not have their, or your, best interests in mind.

All I have to say is, there are no discernible heroes in that mess.

How have we gotten to a point where we have adults, in positions of responsibility, who have irreversibly cowed down to their masters rather than serving their country?

Last Edited by TlvmmCpoft on 12/16/2019 11:55 AM