Author: pwyrcorgtkn

It often seems routine to maintain control over segments of society, with laws and monitoring systems, in policy and principle, written or unwritten, official and unofficial, intentional or not that if violated could mean violence to self, family, community, loss of income, livelihood, reputation, and other hardships.

Strategies used in America and around the world to oppress dissent go back to the foundation of civilization. Surveillance, harassment, infiltrators, provocateurs, threats, violence, and the use of technology have often been the tools and tactics of control and repression.