Quote:Have you guys actually read the Executive Order?  There is nothing in there about experimenting on the American people.   

 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-off...e-american

 

The executive order gives authorization to perform actions which will influence citizens without knowledge or consent. Clear as day. Do you need it written at a third grade reading level or something?

 

Here is the big one since your reading comprehension is lacking.

 

(ii) develop strategies for applying behavioral science insights to programs and, where possible, rigorously test and evaluate the impact of these insights;

 

Now, you can be a good government sheep and willingly accept that the federal government will only use this power for the good of its constituency. Or you can be a cynic, because any well-educated individual knows that historically the government has often performed well-outside its authorized power against its own citizenry to its own benefit (CIA drug funneling, human experimentation, fast and furious, arming terrorists, unauthorized searching and monitoring, etc, etc, etc).

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