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"Stop Cutting Down Flock Cameras " (Mass Surveillance Is Good) [video]

20 points by Bender 3mo ago

aand16 3mo ago
If the land of the free can't escape the all-seeing eye of Flock, us Europe folks are doomed.
- AngryData 3mo ago
  You say that like the US isn't already holding 25% of the worlds prison population with only 4.5% the overall population.
  - readthenotes1 3mo ago
    And those stats represent the arrest records as well. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4111266/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4111266/ We could choose the same response that England chose, but I would hope there would be a better way. At least the USA did not fix their crime problem like Germany did.
    - AngryData 3mo ago
      I would hardly call what the US does as a fix considering it still has pretty poor crime rates compared to it's peers. The police and courts rely on high crime rates and court costs to fund themselves and get bonuses. Actually lowering crime would mean downsizing and lower wages. Thats why cops in places that lowered the penalties for low level theft and drug crimes refuse to enforce any of those laws at all in protest, their easy money source shrinks and is a budget cut to their extortion racket.
      - readthenotes1 3mo ago
        Sorry-- I did not mean to imply that the USA has fixed their crime problem. I was making the point that there are countries that used to have a lot less crime, which reduces the demand for policing. Now they have more crime. Problem solved.
  - aand16 3mo ago
    Sounds like the free are even more free due to less criminals roaming free. Guess the rest of the world should step their game up.
shalmanese 3mo ago
The Youtuber AwakeWithJP has constantly shifted his apparent political beliefs over time in a cynical attempt to find new audiences. He started off as a crunchy granola hippy, then an "anti-woke" activist before going full Trumper during COVID. Now he's moving away from Trumpism and becoming a privacy/civil liberties activist persona.
- mieses 3mo ago
  he seems consistent. did you like him in any of his iterations? probably not. so he consistently has value.
mieses 3mo ago
mackenzie scott should send this guy a few million for the public good.

20 points by Bender 3mo ago

aand16 3mo ago

If the land of the free can't escape the all-seeing eye of Flock, us Europe folks are doomed.

AngryData 3mo ago
You say that like the US isn't already holding 25% of the worlds prison population with only 4.5% the overall population.
- readthenotes1 3mo ago
  And those stats represent the arrest records as well. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4111266/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4111266/ We could choose the same response that England chose, but I would hope there would be a better way. At least the USA did not fix their crime problem like Germany did.
  - AngryData 3mo ago
    I would hardly call what the US does as a fix considering it still has pretty poor crime rates compared to it's peers. The police and courts rely on high crime rates and court costs to fund themselves and get bonuses. Actually lowering crime would mean downsizing and lower wages. Thats why cops in places that lowered the penalties for low level theft and drug crimes refuse to enforce any of those laws at all in protest, their easy money source shrinks and is a budget cut to their extortion racket.
    - readthenotes1 3mo ago
      Sorry-- I did not mean to imply that the USA has fixed their crime problem. I was making the point that there are countries that used to have a lot less crime, which reduces the demand for policing. Now they have more crime. Problem solved.
- aand16 3mo ago
  Sounds like the free are even more free due to less criminals roaming free. Guess the rest of the world should step their game up.

shalmanese 3mo ago

The Youtuber AwakeWithJP has constantly shifted his apparent political beliefs over time in a cynical attempt to find new audiences. He started off as a crunchy granola hippy, then an "anti-woke" activist before going full Trumper during COVID. Now he's moving away from Trumpism and becoming a privacy/civil liberties activist persona.

mieses 3mo ago
he seems consistent. did you like him in any of his iterations? probably not. so he consistently has value.

mieses 3mo ago

mackenzie scott should send this guy a few million for the public good.