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I’m always wondering what makes people work for this kind of surveillance apparatus… In this concrete situation: Are they convinced of the party line that this

• 9999px 5y ago
  The counter-terrorism system they've conceived is worth learning about. They basically erred on the side of "too much surveillance, but alive" over "bomb them all 'til they're dead." Given the near complete absence of terror in the region over the last few years, I'd say it worked to some end.
  • cannabis_sam 5y ago
    >The counter-terrorism system they've conceived is worth learning about. I have learned about it, from multiple sources. > They basically erred on the side of "too much surveillance, but alive" over "bomb them all 'til they're dead." So literally a false dichotomy…? > Given the near complete absence of terror in the region over the last few years, I'd say it worked to some end. Compared to when?
  • pas 5y ago
    There's plenty of state terror. So in terms of QALY it's pretty close to being dead.