Person 1: The hens are safe: the Federal Fox Stopping Agency (FFSA) is guarding the entire hen house.
Person 2: Um, the FFSA is a captured agency; everyone in charge there *is* a fox.
Person 1: Whatever, I trust them so much.
Person 2: Your hens, your choice. I'll put mine somewhere else.
Person 1: Not for long. Thanks to a new federal law, ALL hens must now be guarded by the FFSA only. If you try to put them somewhere else, the FFSA is fully authorized to eat them.
Person 2: There's your proof of a captured agency.
Person 1: Whatever, I trust them so much.
Person 2: Um, the FFSA is a captured agency; everyone in charge there *is* a fox.
Person 1: Whatever, I trust them so much.
Person 2: Your hens, your choice. I'll put mine somewhere else.
Person 1: Not for long. Thanks to a new federal law, ALL hens must now be guarded by the FFSA only. If you try to put them somewhere else, the FFSA is fully authorized to eat them.
Person 2: There's your proof of a captured agency.
Person 1: Whatever, I trust them so much.
by LaughTrax September 19, 2021
by ValidExcuses August 01, 2018
When a group or organisation is infiltrated by those representing minority interests in such a way that they gain significant influence or control and then use this to push their desired agenda.
Activist capture is usually a deliberate process initiated by outsiders of the group or organisation. Tactics include: *Making demands for representation, often citing a lack thereof
*Calls for allyships
*Forming of a bloc that is used to drown out individual members and amplify their own voices
* Liberal use and accusations of "isms" and "phobias" designed to force compliance through fear
*Threats or intimidation if the above doesn't work
Activist capture is a strategy used when it is highly unlikely that a brand new group representing activist interests will gain anywhere near the power or influence of the existing one.
Activist capture is usually a deliberate process initiated by outsiders of the group or organisation. Tactics include: *Making demands for representation, often citing a lack thereof
*Calls for allyships
*Forming of a bloc that is used to drown out individual members and amplify their own voices
* Liberal use and accusations of "isms" and "phobias" designed to force compliance through fear
*Threats or intimidation if the above doesn't work
Activist capture is a strategy used when it is highly unlikely that a brand new group representing activist interests will gain anywhere near the power or influence of the existing one.
by 77ax March 29, 2021
The current state of most of the U.S. government, in which regulatory agencies get controlled by the very groups they are supposed to be regulating.
by _L.V._ October 29, 2018
by k8ballstar December 09, 2016
by Poundkey March 01, 2019
One of the characters from the youtube series Ghost Capturers. They use state of the art weapons in order to catch and destroy ghost, similar to the Ghost Busters.
by Dyli June 13, 2010