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>Broad, unchecked domestic surveillance is a dangerous tool to give to a potential dictator. We should not set up a framework where a power-seeking individual c
by sf_rob 11y ago
>Broad, unchecked domestic surveillance is a dangerous tool to give to a potential dictator. We should not set up a framework where a power-seeking individual can circumvent our democracy through coercion.
I really like the term that I heard for this: "Turnkey Dictatorship".
- imglorp 11y agoActually, it's going to be a global totalitarian oligarchy. The international agreements for trade, defense, and surveillance cooperation are intersecting with the interests of their respective oligarchies and corporations. Just ten years ago, who would have thought we'd be extraditing and jailing someone for copyright infringement? How about governments subverting civilian infosec and sharing the exploits? It makes going to war for plain old oil rights and defense profiteering seem quaint.