https://www.npr.org/2024/04/11/1243982287/fbi-agents-housing-costs

"There are multiple stressors that folks experience," said Caroline Otto, assistant director of the FBI's Resource Planning office. "We have heard very compelling and heart-wrenching stories across the workforce in these areas."

Have they tried not eating food?

  • CommunistBear [he/him]
    hexbear
    83
    1 month ago

    Ngl the idea of FBI agents being forced to hang out in communist/anarchist spaces, consuming the materials, and accidentally radicalizing because they're broke as shit would be pretty funny

    • AbbysMuscles [she/her]
      hexbear
      38
      1 month ago

      I do wonder if the cost of living problem would radicalize at least a handful of them. If you're broke as shit working to argue with online leftists all day and they're complaining about the same things you're upset about, idk I'd hope a few of them would actually have a aware moment

      • Tunnelvision [they/them]
        hexbear
        16
        1 month ago

        Knowing the chud mindset the reality is a broke fed looking at the screen with a smirk going “huh you think you have it bad”

    • MemesAreTheory [he/him, any]
      hexbear
      19
      1 month ago

      hits bong

      Bro, I got it. We just have to unionize the FBI, then they'll go on solidarity strikes with us instead of breaking up leftist movements!

    • RyanGosling [none/use name]
      hexbear
      7
      edit-2
      1 month ago

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spook_Who_Sat_by_the_Door_(film)

      Dan Freeman, the titular protagonist, is enlisted by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in its elitist espionage program, becoming its token Black person. After mastering agency tactics, however, he becomes disillusioned and drops out to train young Black people in Chicago to become "Freedom Fighters".