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Cameras built to police Iranians became the regime's Achilles' heel
- sputknick 7mo agoSimilar to how the roads Rome built to control their empire were used by Barbarian invaders. History doesn't repeat but it does rhyme.
- avoutos 7mo agoOr the roads the Inca built as well.
- mapt 7mo agoOne of the key infrastructures for the Inca's large transportation network connecting diverse territories in the Andes was a system of of grass-rope bridges across the ravines that had to be rebuilt annually. I would imagine their fragility played a substantial role in the invasion / occupation. The most important ones were rebuilt by the Spanish in stone once their position was secure.
- skybrian 7mo agoIt's a bit more complicated: > The situation on the Rhine/Danube frontier was complex. The peoples on the other side of the frontier were not strangers to Roman power; indeed they had been trading, interacting and occasionally raiding and fighting over the borders for some time. That was actually part of the Roman security problem: familiarity had begun to erode the Roman qualitative advantage which had allowed smaller professional Roman armies to consistently win fights on the frontier. The Germanic peoples on the other side had begun to adopt large political organizations (kingdoms, not tribes) and gained familiarity with Roman tactics and weapons. At the same time, population movements (particularly by the Huns) further east in Europe and on the Eurasian Steppe began creating pressure to push these ‘barbarians’ into the empire. This was not necessarily a bad thing: the Romans, after conflict and plague in the late second and third centuries, needed troops and they needed farmers and these ‘barbarians’ could supply both. But as we’ve discussed elsewhere, the Romans make a catastrophic mistake here: instead of reviving the Roman tradition of incorporation, they insisted on effectively permanent apartness for the new arrivals, even when they came – as most would – with initial Roman approval. https://acoup.blog/2022/01/14/collections-rome-decline-and-fall-part-i-words/ https://acoup.blog/2022/01/14/collections-rome-decline-and-f...
- dopidopHN2 7mo agoThose barbarian invaders were also used as security forces and were very familiar with the intricate of the empire.
- aussieguy1234 7mo agoCould be true, but could also be false. If Iran removes these cameras, they will have a much harder time tracking protests and dissidents. So it's entirely possible this could be misinformation intended to mislead the regime into removing the cameras.
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- srean 7mo agoOops I commented the same before reading yours.
- metalman 7mo agoIt would be simpler to put a disconect on the whole network, or you know, build a society that reflected how people actualy want to live. The unfortunate part is that cameras are hated everywhere, and EXACTLY the same people hacking Irans network, are running the ones in the US.
- srean 7mo agoIs that really true or is it a parallel construction to hide humint sources. Much like the bin Laden story.
- itake 7mo agoyeah, this headline doesn't pass the sniff test to me too: The traffic cameras can't tell you who is in the vehicle. Maybe they know which plate he typically rides in? But the much simpler explanation is he had a leak.
- hersko 7mo ago1) It's possible there are traffic cameras covering wherever they get into the vehicle. 2) It can be used in conjunction with other assets watching who got in etc...
- JohnnyLarue 7mo ago[dead]