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People are ambivalent, because they have bigger problems in their lives. Like keeping a job, paying the mortgage, wondering if their kids can ever afford colleg
by Sven7 13y ago
People are ambivalent, because they have bigger problems in their lives. Like keeping a job, paying the mortgage, wondering if their kids can ever afford college, lack of health care coverage...the list is endless.
The conversations/articles on HN mostly reflect the tech communities own echo chambers and biases more than anything else.
- dominotw 13y agoWhile this is true. The general sentiment here at HN is that, more people seem to care about Zimmerman/trevor type media sensation than NSA scandals.
- mathgladiator 13y ago> more people seem to care about Zimmerman/trevor type media sensation which is because they understand the implications of it. Most people, from my experience, have limited understanding of privacy and the consequences. The way I think of it is this: most people in this country don't realize they should be playing at least checkers while a very few people are actually playing chess. The thing that gets is the crap that you pass under the banner of "Think of the children". Once the investment and infrastructure is done "in the name of the children", then it takes a very few (and highly paid) individuals to turn that technology and infrastructure into anything they want. It's a slippery slope.
- samstave 13y agoAnd tis should be a wakeup call; if the system was actually built correctly, they would not have to be worrying about their next meal or paycheck! Take all the MIC funding and redirect it into education, infra, science and social services. Make the world better rather than weaponizing idiocy to defend a farked up system.
- hackcuit 13y agoThe system is designed correctly. It's just not designed for you or me. It's designed for the people at the top. Education will always suck in this country because it's supposed to suck. Mandatory schooling is a relatively new idea that was funded by wealthy industrialist who wanted obedient workers. They don't want people smart enough to realize how badly they're getting fucked over.
- ytodo 13y agoI agree to you. I am living in germany, and we got the social service carrying the basic needs (food, reside, health services, little money on the hands). But what, life is getting expensiver and all the people calls for more money and more ....i ask you if the next step in this "Hollywood-movie-look-a-like" concept saying (quote):"when there is no one who want something, there is no one who misses something" -using medicines/psychotropes to keep perfect society ?
- teleological 13y agoIt's also worth mentioning that surveillance is not news for poor and minority communities. Incursions on privacy justified by the "war on drugs" have been going on for decades in neighborhoods on the other side of the digital divide.