And here is the Patriot Act which authorised warentless surveillance, indefinite detention of non citizens and a host of other horrors. It finally ceased to be law under Trump.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Act

#TwasEverThus, #USPol, #PatriotAct

Here is the state bombing its own citizens because a small group of anarch-primativists were preaching black power and animal rights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBZXRK_1vAQ

#TwasEverThus, #USPol

Here is the Democratic National Convention 1968 where the state unleased terrifying violence to prevent people peacefully protesting the establishment's war

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Democratic_National_Convention

#TwasEverThus, #USPol

Here is CLR James. He was expelled from the United Status for believing that every cook can govern.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUnO8lfoVBk

#CLRJames, #TwasEverThus, #USPol

Here is Stokey Carmichael. He was a Black revolutionary leader. He was persecuted by the FBI and pushed out of the US for his political views and leadership.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKP5_qyGs8c

#TwasEverThus, #StokeyCarmichael, #USPol

Here is an extraordinary singer, Paul Robeson, who was more actively persecuted than Ochs for his political beliefs singing about Joe Hill who was fitted up and killed by the state for singing and organizing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Kxq9uFDes

#TwasEverThus, #JoeHill, #PhilOchs, #PaulRobeson

@jon Hmm... does read rather like "Ranking in Google is hard! Waahhh!"

And also "There's lots of spam on the web! Waahhh!"

I mean... isn't that what keeps us SEO folk in business? #twaseverthus