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And yet, even with all of this surveillance, we still have mass shootings every five days.
by candiddevmike 4y ago
And yet, even with all of this surveillance, we still have mass shootings every five days.
- shrubble 4y agoOnly "nobodies" get shot. Funny how they never target any politicians, huh?
- seneca 4y ago> Funny how they never target any politicians, huh? They do. Here are a couple recent examples: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Tucson_shooting https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Tucson_shooting https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_baseball_shooting https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_baseball_shoot...
- ta988 4y agoJudging by what is done (and what is not done) to remedy them, they sound more like a feature than a bug of our society unfortunately. People are able to storm political institutions when they are angry about an election, but just buy more weapons when their kids get killed. Go figure.
- PuppyTailWags 4y agoMy understanding is that in the vast majority of these mass shooting cases, authorities are well aware of the danger but there's no enforcement mechanism for "probably going to do a mass shooting".
- Schroedingersat 4y agoYeah there is. It's called not paying to bombard them with great replacement conspiracy theories all for a decade and instead paying twice as many teachers as well as getting dedicated mental health staff.
- Tr3nton 4y ago>replacement conspiracy theories https://europhobia.blog https://europhobia.blog
- Schroedingersat 4y agoYes. exactly like that one.
- plugger 4y agosurveillance doesn't seem to do much to deter crimes, it just makes investigation easier
- specialist 4y agoI could almost support the panopticon if that actually happened. Adjacently, to make the point: we warehouse 1000s or rape kits but don't bother to process them. Like, wtf? Big Data completely flips the problem of investigation. Instead of identifying suspects, chasing leads, gathering evidence, and verifying alibis, with Big Data you just rule out everyone who does have an alibi. Leaving only those who don't have an alibi, thereby revealing the perpetrators. It's been a while since I've actively cared about protecting privacy. So I don't know if any one's talking about how Big Data impacts legal concepts (balances of concerns) hammered out over the centuries. Like what is reasonable doubt and presumption of innocence when prosecutors can prove that every one else has an alibi? When I tried to talk about this stuff with other privacy advocates, presumably savvy about policy and whatnot, they'd look at me like I'm paranoid schizophrenic. So if the experts are still coming up to speed, it'll take that much longer for the policy maker, much less the general public, to become aware.
- landemva 4y agoComprehensive surveillance makes blackmailing and controlling politicians easier.
- denkmoon 4y agoResolving mass shootings isn't the purpose of the surveillance.
- jjav 4y agoAccording to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2022 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_... there have been 337 mass shootings in the US so far in 2022, way more than one per day. One every five days would at this point be a big improvement.