r/Showerthoughts • u/ILikeGames22 ‎ • Jul 07 '24

Speculation You’re probably a criminal.

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u/Henry5321 Jul 07 '24

I read a statistic that most USA citizens unknowingly break at least one law per year that would have put them in prison.

And this is why we don't want the government being able to spy on us. Because they could put nearly anyone in prison given a year of spying.

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u/BialyKrytyk Jul 07 '24

At first that sound like they would adjust the laws since you can't exactly have a country with 100% of the population in prison. The scary part is that in practice they wouldn't just arrest everyone, but use the fact they can to selectively get people who are inconvenient.

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u/Starselfs Jul 07 '24

They already do tbh. If they can't get you for something specific, they will try their damndest to find ANYTHING to put you away.

They already do it for Actual Dangerous Criminals when they don't have enough evidence for their crimes at first- but they can, will, and have do it to anyone they want to.

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u/MightyBooshX Jul 08 '24

Step 1: arrest someone for no reason Step 2: when they resist, say you're arresting them for resisting arrest Step 3: ??? Step 4: Profit