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Let's extend it with reason instead. Everyone has something to hide, but the people with the most power can do the mosr dangerous things. We need power-progress
by kazagistar 7y ago
Let's extend it with reason instead. Everyone has something to hide, but the people with the most power can do the mosr dangerous things. We need power-progressive surveilence: everyone with lots of power over the lives of others should have their choices and lives be scrutinizable by those whose lives they affect.
- Random ordinary citizen? Leave me alone.
- Someone in a law enforcement agency? Jail time if their mandatory badge came stop functionioning, with all the footage being public data.
A powerful politician? Billionaire CEO? Board members of a massive international corporation? 24/7 livestreamed public surveillance.
After all, the worst the average person can do is shoot some people, but those who hold power can ruin the lives of millions with a word, and often do. They shouldn't be allowed to get away with it, and if they don't like it, they can simply step away from power.
I honestly believe this, but even if you don't, it's worth considering why it's always a discussion of the powerful privately and secretly monitoring the weakest in society, rather then the other way around. Almost like its purely a reinforcement of the existing hierarchy.
- tolstoshev 7y agoI make a similar argument about the age of transparency hurting the elite more than it hurts common folk. If you make all my data public, I'll be at most embarrassed. If you make the elite's data public, that includes the location of dead bodies.
- traderjane 7y agoYou wouldn’t just be embarrassed. Job interviews, health insurance policies, even the prices or discounts available to you may all come under rational consideration.
- lowdose 7y agoI would like to read more about this.