Cracked has an interesting idea on "supervillain actions" in this list article.
Some of this is not bad as a lot of it about China doing China stuff (interestingly not their social credit score system but hey a good example non the less) and Turkey doing Turkey stuff.
But it's interesting that when talking about bad things the Philippines does.... they go after how their draft is done via lottery.... and you can escape the draft by volunteering for military service.
Huh.... that's not exactly the top list of nutty supervillainous stuff I'd think of when I think Philippines.
In fact that's.... sort of how drafts work. Maybe a bit more flamboyantly implemented but that's the whole idea of a draft.
Similarly one of the entries is the FBI. Now when it comes to crazy the FBI has a looooong history of questionable programs.
But... this article decides to go with the FBI having the gall to investigate one questionable group plotting crimes against another, worse group. (That is By Any Means Necessary versus the KKK).
I can't wait for the next article where Cracked decries the FBI or local cops for wasting resources whenever a mobster or drug dealer is killed in a gangland slaying. Or whenever some other "obvious bad guy" is found robbed or beaten or stabbed or shot.
Because a tacit desire that only "good people" should fall under the protection of the law, won't encourage more vigilantism against groups law enforcement considers "bad" and thus won't actually investigate.
(Not to mention said "bad" people will feel, justly, that the Legal System will not care for them and that if they want any form of Justice... they'll have to get it themselves, and thus more retribution and vengeance on their part)
Hmmm... which reminds me of a book about the mechanisms of inner city violence in the US In short, a lot of the problems with such murders are increased because municipal authorities don't close murder cases and there's a permeating sense of "well the people being killed aren't real victims, so many of them are gang bangers too". Sounds familiar no?
PS and sure Cracked hates the KKK now, but I'm sure they're quite happy to have a KKK member's help, on the Supreme Court no less to help save the New Deal.
PSS: Kind of funny how the people screaming "Trump is eroding norms!" are jumping up and down to trample norms like.... "even bad people get legal representation" or "even crimes against bad people are still crimes"
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