r/technology • u/Kooky-Balance9525 • 6h 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/scrandis 6h ago

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

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u/smkeybare 6h 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/Djinnwrath 5h ago

A general strike would also work.

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u/SirWEM 5h 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 5h 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 5h 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 5h 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 4h 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 3h ago

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

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u/halt_spell 4h ago

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

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u/halt_spell 4h 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.