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Everyone saw this coming but it's terrifying to watch it become a reality.

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[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 47 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

It's a little weird to see them celebrating the surveillance state that they are creating. A system like this is wide open for abuse.

[–] SGGeorwell@lemmy.world 45 points 16 hours ago

It is abuse.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 17 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

There’s so Roko’s Basalisk shit going on with fascism like this.

If we build the surveillance state, surely we’ll be the ones to benefit from it. And if we don’t we’ll be punished by the people who do.

False. You’ll be punished anyways.

[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 23 points 15 hours ago

Who could’ve predicted this?! Except literally everyone

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago
[–] sundray@lemmus.org 26 points 16 hours ago

Ring: Fuck it, we Flock now.

[–] Numinous_Ylem@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

Have any members of congress or state legislatures begun proposing bills to make this sort of surveillance system illegal?

[–] sbbq@lemmy.zip 13 points 16 hours ago

I'm shocked, I tell you! Shocked! Well, not that shocked.

[–] hodgepodgin@lemmy.zip 5 points 13 hours ago

They’re competing for government contracts and tax payer money, right?

[–] aproposnix@scribe.disroot.org 2 points 12 hours ago

Brought to you on cooperation with Palantir.