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The US has a fascist running for president right now(who was previously elected!). There is every reason to be worried about new tech adoption by the US militar

The US has a fascist running for president right now(who was previously elected!). There is every reason to be worried about new tech adoption by the US military.

Tommstein 3y ago
Then you will be pleased to learn that the US military takes an oath to the Constitution, not to whoever happens to be the current President. Exactly because the dangers of assholes assuming the Presidency isn't some kind of genius insight that you're the first person to ever consider.
- jacquesm 3y ago
  'Insurrection Act'.
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 3y ago
  Why are you so salty? I just don't have faith in US political and cultural stability anymore, and as such I don't have faith that the constitution will be upheld, or even that the US will remain allied to Europe, where I live(though I wouldn't go as far as saying it's unlikely. Just wouldn't bet on it). Also, the US constitution clearly has very little direct say on the actions of the US military abroad, as history has demonstrated.
  - Tommstein 3y ago
    > I just don't have faith in US political and cultural stability anymore, and as such I don't have faith that the constitution will be upheld . . . . You can have faith or lack thereof in whatever you want, but I would like you to provide one single example in history where the President decided to give the military unconstitutional orders (as in legally acknowledged at the time to be unconstitutional, not "I don't like it so it's unconstitutional") and the US military sided with him instead of the Constitution.
- SamPatt 3y ago
  Oaths and old documents mean almost nothing compared against human tribal instincts. Asshole isn't some objective designation. A huge portion of military members support the current strong man vying for power. Always have, always will.
WhackyIdeas 3y ago
Good point. I’d be careful even writing that, because that same potentially future president might do some Xi Jinping on you with the help of OpenAI - some psychological profiling to find the people who are a threat to his mental model. You just never know… but if he could do that, you can be damn sure he would. Which means if it’s not him that does it, it is just a matter of time before the next reality TV, possibly Russian planted president does it. The world is gearing up for WWIII, I can smell it in the air. Maybe GPT5 has figured out there’s some serious dosh to be made!
- kridsdale1 3y ago
  He was elected in 2016 thanks to such online psychological profiling tools (CA). The PATRIOT act will make it unstoppable. You all have already put enough online to deserve to be purged (murdered) in the eyes of some 2025 Cultural Revolutionary Red Guards.
  - WhackyIdeas 3y ago
    100%
yonaguska 3y ago
Current administration has designated anyone that flew in and out of DC around Jan 6 as a potential terrorist, subject to extensive checks every single time they board a plane. with some some people being followed by federal air Marshalls from their home and to the airport.

The US has a fascist running for president right now(who was previously elected!). There is every reason to be worried about new tech adoption by the US military.

Tommstein 3y ago

Then you will be pleased to learn that the US military takes an oath to the Constitution, not to whoever happens to be the current President. Exactly because the dangers of assholes assuming the Presidency isn't some kind of genius insight that you're the first person to ever consider.

jacquesm 3y ago
'Insurrection Act'.
mtlmtlmtlmtl 3y ago
Why are you so salty? I just don't have faith in US political and cultural stability anymore, and as such I don't have faith that the constitution will be upheld, or even that the US will remain allied to Europe, where I live(though I wouldn't go as far as saying it's unlikely. Just wouldn't bet on it). Also, the US constitution clearly has very little direct say on the actions of the US military abroad, as history has demonstrated.
- Tommstein 3y ago
  > I just don't have faith in US political and cultural stability anymore, and as such I don't have faith that the constitution will be upheld . . . . You can have faith or lack thereof in whatever you want, but I would like you to provide one single example in history where the President decided to give the military unconstitutional orders (as in legally acknowledged at the time to be unconstitutional, not "I don't like it so it's unconstitutional") and the US military sided with him instead of the Constitution.
SamPatt 3y ago
Oaths and old documents mean almost nothing compared against human tribal instincts. Asshole isn't some objective designation. A huge portion of military members support the current strong man vying for power. Always have, always will.

WhackyIdeas 3y ago

Good point. I’d be careful even writing that, because that same potentially future president might do some Xi Jinping on you with the help of OpenAI - some psychological profiling to find the people who are a threat to his mental model. You just never know… but if he could do that, you can be damn sure he would. Which means if it’s not him that does it, it is just a matter of time before the next reality TV, possibly Russian planted president does it. The world is gearing up for WWIII, I can smell it in the air. Maybe GPT5 has figured out there’s some serious dosh to be made!

kridsdale1 3y ago
He was elected in 2016 thanks to such online psychological profiling tools (CA). The PATRIOT act will make it unstoppable. You all have already put enough online to deserve to be purged (murdered) in the eyes of some 2025 Cultural Revolutionary Red Guards.
- WhackyIdeas 3y ago
  100%

yonaguska 3y ago

Current administration has designated anyone that flew in and out of DC around Jan 6 as a potential terrorist, subject to extensive checks every single time they board a plane. with some some people being followed by federal air Marshalls from their home and to the airport.