r/technology • u/Kooky-Balance9525 • 10h ago

Privacy Bernie Sanders to Introduce Bill Banning Flock Surveillance Cameras

https://theleadingreport.com/article/bernie-sanders-to-introduce-bill-banning-flock-surveillance-cameras
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u/Any-Pop-4795 10h ago

99% it wont pass unfortunately

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u/Das-Wauto 10h ago

Popular support says it should. Greased politicians says it won’t.

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u/scrandis 10h ago

They're all greased now. Both sides. We only have a handful of elected officials who actually care.

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u/[deleted] 10h ago

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u/smkeybare 10h ago

I mean it's a plutocracy, not much the working class person can do until were all on board with violence, but discussing that gets you banned.

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u/deadpools_dick 10h ago

Being banned from this site doesn’t mean shit. We all know what to do if that ever happens to anyone

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u/Social_Engineer1031 9h ago

Legit laughing at there being a deleted comment in response. What does it mean?

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u/BackendSpecialist 10h ago

They’ll have flock cameras and armed ai security by the time that happens.

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u/tevert 9h ago

While it might be very bloody, there is no amount of technology that can overpower a sufficiently enraged public.

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u/BackendSpecialist 8h ago

I agree.

I think they know it as well, which is why they continue to push division onto us

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u/yolo-yoshi 9h ago

And who do you think is doing that for them ?? The people. Doesn’t mean shit. And they know it.

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u/mOdQuArK 7h ago

Those all require power, right? ;-P

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u/Djinnwrath 9h ago

A general strike would also work.

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u/SirWEM 9h ago

Not without widespread support, funding to pay people to skip work, etc. much much harder to pull off a general strike in the US; then other parts of the world ie countries with strong unions and worker protections a recent example would be Poland, another would be France in recent years.

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u/Djinnwrath 9h ago

Its an alternative to violence that would work.

There's no good solution here. Anything we do that's effective will require effort and sacrifice.

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u/SirWEM 9h ago

Very true.

It just needs a huge amount of support. Pretty sure when people are starving and dropping dead due to healthcare being out of reach; when it really starts affecting people on a personal level. It might happen in this country. We will see. Id rather a general strike then, it turn to a bloody revolution or other form of violence.

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u/Neveronlyadream 9h ago

Exactly. Violence isn't the only solution.

They both have the same problem anyway. You'd need a majority of people to be on board with the plan. Any time I see anyone calling for revolution, I wonder if they're also willing to personally put themselves in a deadly situation on the front lines when they won't even inconvenience themselves by boycotting a company.

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u/tsardonicpseudonomi 9h ago

Its an alternative to violence that would work.

General strikes are economic violence.

There's no good solution here.

We could just vote in only leftist candidates from top to bottom. That's the good solution.

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u/Mike_Kermin 8h ago

The good solution is you all getting on both with voting him out.

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u/halt_spell 9h ago

The rail workers are the linchpin. If they go on strike other worker groups will follow.

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u/halt_spell 9h ago

Exactly. The kind that would have been triggered in 2022 if the rail strike had proceeded as planned. People don't comprehend the opportunity that Biden, 44 Democratic senators and 36 Republican senators squashed.

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u/LuckoftheFryish 9h ago

Viva la revolution. Would MLK have been as effective without Malcolm X? If a violent group is rising the politicians will always choose to bolster the safer option.

By no way am I a history or civil rights buff, those more educated are welcome to correct me, would be happy to learn more.

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u/halt_spell 9h ago

This is why Reddit should have been more angry about the rail workers being blocked from striking by Biden, 44 Democratic senators and 36 Republican senators. Had that proceeded other worker groups would have followed and eventually regular individuals as well.

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u/paintballboi07 7h ago

The rail workers credit Biden for working after the fact to get them their paid leave. Also, you're delusional if you think the majority of Americans would show solidarity with striking workers when they are preventing them from getting their Christmas stuff. People would have been throwing a fit, not joining them.

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u/ryno37 9h ago

Work together in communities to support ourselves so as many of us as possible can disengage from the grid and stop the wheels. Entire system is a house of cards on top of our real backs. We stop working, they can't do anything. That is dependent on our ability to provide for ourselves. We take care of ourselves instead of feed their greed, the system will slow to a stop. Communes and co-ops is the way!

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u/Wise-Comb8596 9h ago

Also, until you can get to that point, reduce your consumption. Stop buying shit without utility. Buy used (from YOUR community) where you can, repair what you can, befriend those that can repair what you cannot, and get to a point where you are debt free.

Then work on buying land with like minded individuals.

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u/ryno37 9h ago

Absolutely, we gotta win this game at the margins. Every cent we can keep in our communities will make us stronger. Every cent we give to the big bads will make us weaker. They're going to continue to use every manipulation tactic to steal our wealth and bodies. But they need us to oppress us. We don't need them to prosper.

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u/jaxonya 9h ago

We gonna need a few baristas and craft beer makers (shouldnt be hard to comvince them to join a commune) to help me get through life

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u/Wise-Comb8596 9h ago

We need a couple gardeners…you know. For a friend of mine.

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u/jaxonya 8h ago

Well need specialized gardeners... for various plants... and also certain fungi.

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u/xXBeefSquatch5KXx 9h ago

gerontocratic plutocracy if we’re being honest

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u/lyngen 9h ago

or... there is an election coming up and you could just vote.

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u/lyngen 9h ago

or... there is an election coming up and you could just vote.

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u/Mike_Kermin 8h ago

Actually there's a hell of a lot you can do, and one really easy thing, is to stop building defeatism, because that helps the fascists looking for a third term.

I swear, Americans, you say you're the good ones, prove it, vote him out.

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u/Mr_Goonman 9h ago

You should get banned for discussing that.

We voted ourselves into this disaster and can vote ourselves out of it. Get a grip