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In reply to the discussion: ‘If you snitch, your career is done’ [View all]JonLP24
(29,322 posts)Especially those that politics overlaps with as often in the case of policing. Particularly when it comes to police or the military or anything similar the chain of command structure can be very compromising. The Wire which the main character is the Baltimore Police Department but with a focus on drug organizations, the local politics, the docks, the schools, and newspaper journalism with the institutions ultimately compromising to real reforms. I remember the homicide Sergeant who was an expert at maintaining his career with a quote "I happen to like my career". Officers or supervisors who angered the boss were punished by sending high quality policeman to "the boat", "evidence control", and Lester Freamon to "Pawn shop unit" for "13 years and 4 months" for "policework".
I think the sociopath-apath-empath triangle, though the examples involve personal relationships, I think it applies to a variety of situations on a variety of scales -- Edward Snowden being a major example. So many, reminded of the Thomas Drake situation were too afraid to do anything when he brought his concerns to the attention to a variety of others who were sympathetic but didn't want the the risks.
http://www.sott.net/article/268449-Empathic-people-are-natural-targets-for-sociopaths-protect-yourself