are you kidding me? The Democrats will adopt this platform faster that you can say WTF...

This is nothing more than the technological manifestation of virtue signalling

Hopefully the people wake up and elect (hire) freedom-loving people to represent them, instead of power hungry authorities.
We talk about how the people (or enough of the people) will revolt, won't let this happen, but there is a real possibility that technology and a grip on power can become permanent, as in tens of thousands of years. Perpetual.

Humanity has never been here before... Despite anecdotes to the contrary, history does not repeat itself. There has never been an all powerful .Gov with FLIR and drones and social-data-mining-heat-seeking-missile-aeroplanes combing our cities.

You cannot hide in the woods when the people seeking you have high-altitude FLIR. I've operated the cameras. You cannot hide in the dark, nor under a pile of leaves. Deep caves, yes. But don't pop your head out.

The program in China is real. Authoritarians the world over are learning from the Chinese experiment. Smart authoritarians will continue to improve their grip on power.

All the surveilance devices the government will ever need already exist in almost everyone's hand, and the users paid for both the hardware, and monthly comms access fees. Many people also put audio surveillance devices in their homes as well https://store.google.com/product/google_home

Guys it’s already here it may come as a shock to you, but if you have a cell phone and a modern car they can track your daily movements. Which means if you are planing on doing any shady business tape your cell phone to the neighbors cat and let some hobo drive your car around.

I knew that we had talked about... Thanks for the link sportsdad.
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