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Why not just give them brutally omniscient unlimited power over us, by your logic that would be radically beneficial to our health and safety. You’re starting f
by wahnfrieden 3y ago
Why not just give them brutally omniscient unlimited power over us, by your logic that would be radically beneficial to our health and safety. You’re starting from the misguided idea that police actively save people from crime’s dangers, and speak nothing to concern for giving power to armed thugs over us besides cheering it on. Just baseless copaganda and shameful to see celebrated.
How does the logic work that giving more tech and power and resources somehow reduces power
Those who rush to analyze objective stats on this fail to recognize how little oversight and accountability there is for police, numbers often don’t meaningfully exist. Like asking for numbers from China, it’s just a bow to authority. The critical analysis and objectivity of that is performative.
- unethical_ban 3y agoThere is always a line somewhere that divides a topic. When safety and security are worth it vs. when privacy and safety from authority is more worth it. You seem to think that line should constrain authorities' permission to send up eyes in the sky for little to no cost. I think it could actually reduce government spying if it substituted for camera on every corner.
- ImPostingOnHN 3y agoa good place to start would be statistics on how often cops abuse their power, and how often and to what degree they are held accountable to it with that information, we can make an informed decision on whether they can be trusted with more power if they can be trusted with it, we can discuss the benefits and drawbacks of entrusting them with it