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This isn't defeatism. I just think there is a wave coming that's really hard to stop and I don't see anything in the current political structure that's willing
by maxxxxx 8y ago
This isn't defeatism. I just think there is a wave coming that's really hard to stop and I don't see anything in the current political structure that's willing to stop it.
- nosuchthing 8y agoJust because you're not interested or motivated in changing something, doesn't mean it can't be changed. City and state level political change is very malleable.
- 50656E6973 8y agoFederal power trumps state and local
- nosuchthing 8y agoMarijuana legalization is proof of the contrary
- 50656E6973 8y agoAny examples with regard to "national security" i.e. mass surveillance, perpetual war, besides Kennedy?
- enraged_camel 8y agoIt is not. The federal government has simply chosen not to challenge the states on this issue... so far.
- godelski 8y agoFrankly because it would be extremely unpopular. Even in the right wing places, where there is a correlation to less favorable views of marijuana, there's a high correlation to belief that states rights should trump federal rights. Really they believe that the fed should be minimal and things mostly run by the states.
- username223 8y ago> City and state level political change is very malleable. Corporations have already figured this out, e.g. ALEC [1] writes laws, then gets sympathetic minions to enact them, but city politics still operate on a human scale in many places. I'd bet that a motivated campaign could reverse this move in San Diego, or at least figure out who pushed for it. I don't think there was massive popular support for cameras in streetlights. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Legislative_Exchange_Council https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Legislative_Exchange_...
- gumby 8y agoMore articles like this to raise awareness and importance of issues. Getting younger people who give a shit to vote, and to become immune to the bogus fear mongering. Hope the baby boomers die off of old age before the panopticon is built.
- maxxxxx 8y ago"Hope the baby boomers die off of old age before the panopticon is built." The current builders of the panopticon are very young and work for Google, Facebook and others. This has nothing to do with age.
- bronco21016 8y agoThe ‘builders’ are better described as ‘profiteers’. The panopticon is being requested and purchased by municipalities, which are predominantly governed by those from the baby boomer generation. Start-up 101. Build what the Users want.
- hectip 8y agoYoung blindly build Facebook like apps, old build a CCTV network. Everything feels scary, try walking around at 2 a.m. and not feeling it. People are tired of it. I don't think that all the surveillance will work. You always find the most amount of sketchy people around police stations. The cameras will make things worse. Good people will flee to other neighborhoods, were they are not being watched. Fundamentally, why arn't things safe?
- CarlSchmitt 8y ago> Fundamentally, why aren't things safe? My guess..a lack to tight-knit communities, very large cities with millions of strangers, increased cultural/ethnic/religious diversity within a community, increased portrayal of political/racial/gender conflict in our 24x7 media, etc...these things might lead to a sense of less social cohesion and distrust of out-groups in general...add to this multicultural "mixing pot" (at least in the U.S.) an increased surveillance state and militarized police force and your "society" will seem very "unsafe"
- trophycase 8y agoPeople need to band together and vandalize and destroy these things, basically the only way currently.