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Don't get distracted with the whole pseudoscience/phrenology angle. The police state doesn't really care if people are criminals or not. It just wants to know
by jstewartmobile 10y ago
Don't get distracted with the whole pseudoscience/phrenology angle.
The police state doesn't really care if people are criminals or not. It just wants to know who is more likely to give them trouble: A common thug who scares your voters is a problem. A white-collar criminal who makes regular campaign contributions is not.
Since that could probably be gleaned from facial characteristics (expression, grooming, style, oppressed-ethnicity-traits, etc.), I'm sure this scratches an itch.
They'll be running this on us in the US and Britain before you know it.
- llukas 10y agoIn US it is already working as intended - it is called "crime of doing X while black" - no need for subtle facial characteristics, recognition is easy and fool-proof. Do you see now why it is stupid?
- jstewartmobile 10y agoIn the US, duh. In other countries, where the difference between the oppressor and the oppressed is more subtle, this provides "value" (like different castes of Indians, or upperclass/lowerclass/Irish/Scottish/English/Welsh in Britain).