[nycdatasci]

Your post is also an attempt to “reinforce complex concepts in our minds subconsciously” isn’t it? The entire field of marketing is an attempt to influence people to engage in a particular behavior. Why single out hedge funds and intelligence agencies?

[2Ccltvcm]

The difference is those have the power to make dissidents vanish and make it seem like everything is perfect.

[jamespo]

Hedge funds make dissidents vanish?

[luckylion]

I mean, how large is the divide between large corporations and government agencies and the military really? PBSUCCESS was quite some time ago, but is there reason to believe that this has fundamentally changed?

They certainly won't touch somebody for posting a negative yelp review, but if significant business interests align, does anybody doubt that people get vanished?

[npongratz]

I certainly wouldn't want to be on In-Q-Tel's bad side.