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Authoritarian regimes don’t run on facts. They run on the primacy of Authority. Cameras record factual information. Facts are inconvenient for Authority. You kn
by jackyinger 8mo ago
Authoritarian regimes don’t run on facts. They run on the primacy of Authority. Cameras record factual information. Facts are inconvenient for Authority. You know, 1984 Department of Truth style.
- greesil 8mo agoYeah but the camera was broken that day the policeman beat you. On protest day? It's magically up and running.
- PunchyHamster 8mo agowell if you never read about how any of those work you might think that. In reality they are very much interested in facts, because they give them info who to oppress harder
- XorNot 8mo agoThis is really a failure to understand how oppressive regimes work. The goal is not to accurately target people, the whole point is you don't care. The exercise of power is the point. It doesn't matter who's door you kicked in: you were right to do it no matter what, and they were guilty no matter what.
- im3w1l 8mo agoYou will need a lot of evidence to make such a counterintuitive claim, when surgically eliminating your enemies without bothering anyone else is such a logical strategy.
- kadoban 8mo agoFacts _are_ weapons for them though. If they have the video they can pick out the 12 seconds that looks like what they want, or if it's all bad just hide it. They don't need it, but it's convenient.
- ece 8mo agoYou're talking about partial facts and misrepresentations at this point. You're also saying it yourself, facts aren't their primary concern, sure they can be convenient, anything can be made convenient if you're allowed to cherry pick. But the bigger problem is they also have no problems lying and making shit up. Not what I would call caring about facts.
- kadoban 8mo agoI'm specifically saying that them having access to thousands of random cameras is to their benefit, and not because it will lead to accurate law enforcement.
- ece 8mo agoYes, they can take advantage of privacy violations, being able to misrepresent facts, and pointing to an infallible technology stack even though it is not.
- direwolf20 8mo agoSometimes they don't even need real evidence. In 10 years if they get their way, if the AI says you're guilty, you're guilty. Not to mention all the extrajudicial punishments like getting banned from having a bank account or a job, which is like a death sentence.
- ece 8mo agoMunicipal cameras do exist for speeding, tolls, and maybe other road research. But Flock is the definition of let's get everyone in dragnet surveillance so we can pick on whoever we want, at least try.
- ece 8mo agoI don't think fascists are that smart, they will go after those that get in the way and those who they perceive as weak. They are bullies who are cowards and all that.
- kevin_thibedeau 8mo agoWhen you control the cameras you can memory hole any inconvenient truths.
- plagiarist 8mo agoThey will have the AI just make a video of you doing whatever they feel like accusing you of and publish that from a .gov website.
- simonh 8mo agoIt’s not a coincidence that the CIA just took down the World Fact Book.