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I suspect that in the very near future, the latter will dramatically decrease and the former dramatically increase. I wonder how that tradeoff will be perceived
by generalizations 1y ago
I suspect that in the very near future, the latter will dramatically decrease and the former dramatically increase. I wonder how that tradeoff will be perceived.
- jrochkind1 1y agoDon't worry, the crime wont' actually decrease either.
- falcor84 1y agoWhat do you mean? What would lead to government surveillance decreasing?
- wil421 1y agoNo he means crime will dramatically decrease and surveillance will increase. I’d be inclined to agree.
- falcor84 1y agoD'oh, I suppose I just have some default mental schema that processed the sentence assuming "former" before "latter".
- generalizations 1y agoYeah, figured that making it hard to parse would make it more likely people were thoughtful about their replies. In this climate, it's likely to attract a flamewar if I just spell it out.
- hansvm 1y agoMaybe. If we use our powers too capriciously then they'll deter behaviors other than criminal behaviors. Like that boat of alleged drug traffickers we recently blew up -- that looks more likely to discourage boating within 1000 miles of the US than any particular crime.
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- bregma 1y agoAs surveillance increases the definition of crime will expand. Consider the incentives. Surveillance is costly. The only way to justify increasing surveillance costs is to demonstrate increasing intervention in criminal activity. If traditional crime is reduced, new crimes need to be introduced. Once all the enemies of the state have been eliminated, it becomes mandatory to introduce new enemies of the state so they, too, can be rounded up. Eventually there will be no one left to come for and the surveillance technology will go unmonitored.
- generalizations 1y agoYou may very well be right about the outcome, though I doubt the government cares enough about justifying expenditures to make money the rationale. In my experience, it's social crises that tend to be used to justify authoritarian power grabs - whether that's a political killing or a worldwide contagion.
- corimaith 1y agoThe increase in crime is purely political problem emerging from the demands of a certain segment of middle and upper middle classes, not the government or working class.