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Just like when they slipped the Patriot Act under the door and we ended up with political persecution in the US?

Tozen 4y ago
It appears you haven't heard of Snowden and many of his disclosures. Agencies have been using it and warrantless surveillance to violate privacy and rights at will, then use illegally or questionable gotten evidence to do parallel construction in further violation of rights. The continual erosion of rights sets the stage for authoritarianism. America was arguably not too far way from a coup attempt, Jan 6th. One of the next series of attempts can be successful. It would be smart for people to read up on how Putin came to power. Systems and histories are of course different, but there can be some parallels, in terms of subverting an existing system to one's own ends. Of course some people will think such is not possible, until it happens or nearly happens. When these control mechanisms are put together, like using "AI" (and who controls and updates it?) to continually scan all e-mails and messaging for added vague concepts such as "grooming" and whatever added on top, you are achieving a police state. The state, now that it has slipped in greater and more powerful mechanisms of mass surveillance and control (Precrime), can arbitrary decide what is a "violation" or not. Citizens of "free" countries can eventually be put under just as tight control, as the citizens of China, Russia, etc... Anything and everything can be labelled a threat to the state (or for your safety), to the people, to women, to children, etc... Do what the police state dictates, and they will be watching for compliance, or else. If you say anything against the state, you can find yourself charged with a "crime" or whisked away. A lot of people don't want to live like that, but then a lot of people will blindly walk off a cliff too.

It appears you haven't heard of Snowden and many of his disclosures. Agencies have been using it and warrantless surveillance to violate privacy and rights at will, then use illegally or questionable gotten evidence to do parallel construction in further violation of rights. The continual erosion of rights sets the stage for authoritarianism. America was arguably not too far way from a coup attempt, Jan 6th. One of the next series of attempts can be successful. It would be smart for people to read up on how Putin came to power. Systems and histories are of course different, but there can be some parallels, in terms of subverting an existing system to one's own ends. Of course some people will think such is not possible, until it happens or nearly happens. When these control mechanisms are put together, like using "AI" (and who controls and updates it?) to continually scan all e-mails and messaging for added vague concepts such as "grooming" and whatever added on top, you are achieving a police state. The state, now that it has slipped in greater and more powerful mechanisms of mass surveillance and control (Precrime), can arbitrary decide what is a "violation" or not. Citizens of "free" countries can eventually be put under just as tight control, as the citizens of China, Russia, etc... Anything and everything can be labelled a threat to the state (or for your safety), to the people, to women, to children, etc... Do what the police state dictates, and they will be watching for compliance, or else. If you say anything against the state, you can find yourself charged with a "crime" or whisked away. A lot of people don't want to live like that, but then a lot of people will blindly walk off a cliff too.