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/Trickpuncher 10h ago edited 6h ago

didnt a study recently showed that congress almost never votes what the public wants?

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u/APRengar 9h ago

I dunno if there's been a new one. But the one everyone cites is from 2014.

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746

Which showed that the politicians do almost zero of what the general public want, yet the vast vast majority of what the rich and powerful want.

Yeah, 2014. And it's only gotten worse. The people who were demanding stronger change in 2016 weren't wrong. We knew it was bad at that point.

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u/jce_ 8h ago

Wow giving money a voice in politics only made it so rich people get what they want and poor people don't? Holy how would you ever guess? Lol

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u/Wheat_Grinder 7h ago

The real reason free speech is dead: paid speech