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If we stopped accepting jobs where they used surveillance software this problem would solve itself. Startups have incredible precedent post-covid to not waste

If we stopped accepting jobs where they used surveillance software this problem would solve itself. Startups have incredible precedent post-covid to not waste early capital on of all things... office space. I used to be in the office camp, but you'd have to hold a gun to my head to waste 1/3 of my day sitting in traffic to sit in a desk to doodle on a computer somewhere else other than my home office. That said, government employees in any form are stooges and the lowest of the bottom of the bucket. They're barely capable of doing their jobs in an office. (just renewed my passport)

Something1234 3y ago
You need to read some books on how governments actually function. The purpose of government is to be able to run on stooges. And many of them are motivated and decent human beings interested in making a difference in as many lives as possible. You don't have to be so angry at them.
- retrocryptid 3y ago
  Sometimes government employees don't explain themselves and sometime laws, regulations and policies are pretty confusing. But yeah, always seemed govt. employees I encountered were trying to do their job as best they could. It always stuck me as odd that in the states we don't trust the government but we trust big business.
  - JohnFen 3y ago
    > It always stuck me as odd that in the states we don't trust the government but we trust big business It's more than odd. It's nonsensical.
  - starttoaster 3y ago
    > It always stuck me as odd that in the states we don't trust the government but we trust big business. It's funny you say this because I don't think I know many people who trust either one.
ddoolin 3y ago
Renewing your passport seems to me to be an exceptionally anti-citizen task. You can't do it in person (unless you're abroad, ironically), you can't do it online (pilot program which ended with no production in sight), you can't pay online, you must pay with a money order or check. The website looks to be about 30 years old and is janky to say the least.

Something1234 3y ago

You need to read some books on how governments actually function. The purpose of government is to be able to run on stooges. And many of them are motivated and decent human beings interested in making a difference in as many lives as possible. You don't have to be so angry at them.

retrocryptid 3y ago
Sometimes government employees don't explain themselves and sometime laws, regulations and policies are pretty confusing. But yeah, always seemed govt. employees I encountered were trying to do their job as best they could. It always stuck me as odd that in the states we don't trust the government but we trust big business.
- JohnFen 3y ago
  > It always stuck me as odd that in the states we don't trust the government but we trust big business It's more than odd. It's nonsensical.
- starttoaster 3y ago
  > It always stuck me as odd that in the states we don't trust the government but we trust big business. It's funny you say this because I don't think I know many people who trust either one.

ddoolin 3y ago

Renewing your passport seems to me to be an exceptionally anti-citizen task. You can't do it in person (unless you're abroad, ironically), you can't do it online (pilot program which ended with no production in sight), you can't pay online, you must pay with a money order or check. The website looks to be about 30 years old and is janky to say the least.