J.Edgar Hoover or Big Tech: Who Has Inflicted More Harm on Society?
How does the might of the state compare with the Tech giants?
I am convinced that J. Edgar Hoover was one of the most evil and powerful individuals of the last century.
For those who have never come across the name or know so little about the man, Mr. Hoover was in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation otherwise known as the FBI and its predecessor — bureau of investigation for well over five decades.
From his initial appointment in 1924 until his death in 1972, no other individual wielded so much power over hundreds of millions like he did.
Every President from Roosevelt to Nixon readily recognized this and worked very hard to have him on side, given the degree of dirt that he had on them.
It was on his watch that the Bureau of Investigation became Federal, replete with sweeping powers, which allowed him to bring the celebrated outlaws of the 1930s such as John Dillinger and Machine Gun Kelly to heel.
This article wasn’t written with bank robbers in mind, but it was authored to show the ways we are still dealing with the ramifications of one man’s actions in 2022.
Under the guise of fighting communism domestically, our man arrogated extraordinary powers to himself and…