Shut up or you are finished
We were at a local coffee house with a few fellow bloggers discussing some blogging topics, when the fellow at the next table signalled us.
He asked. “Talking like you are, aren’t you afraid of them getting you?”
Intrigued we had to ask, “Who are them?”
He replied, “The government and the special interest groups. They are now so powerful they could bring you down and also destroy you if you don’t follow their prescribed agendas.”
Again we had to ask, “How can they do that?”
He replied, “By putting immense pressure on organisations and companies, who would punish you in the name of contrived or trumped up charges or your personal behavior. Their focus would be to destroy you personally or financially. “
He continued in the same vein citing incidents and friends who had indeed been punished and destroyed personally and financially.
We had no way of validating his stories but his narrative was so compelling we are still wondering how widespread is this process.
We asked each other if this could be possible and happening in a country like Canada.
We concluded it is and is most likely happening.
Could these special interest groups have become more powerful and more effective than the governments?
