▲ 442 ▼ The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens (www.wired.com) submitted 3 years ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 81 comments fedilink hide all child comments Wired (https://archive.is/gsJ7I)
[–] twistypencil@lemmy.world 16 points 3 years ago (1 child) Fwiw, this article is from June, but it did not receive enough attention, so I'm glad it's coming back permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world [S] 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) This, and climate change, will define this era. Surveillance makes fascism so much easier. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] twistypencil@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago 100% the only difference is surveillance hides in the shadows and it's easy for people to not see the effects, whereas the effects of climate change cannot be hidden. So surveillance feels way more nefarious, and climate change feels more honest about the pain is going to inflict on us permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world [S] 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) This, and climate change, will define this era. Surveillance makes fascism so much easier. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] twistypencil@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago 100% the only difference is surveillance hides in the shadows and it's easy for people to not see the effects, whereas the effects of climate change cannot be hidden. So surveillance feels way more nefarious, and climate change feels more honest about the pain is going to inflict on us permalink fedilink source parent
[–] twistypencil@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago 100% the only difference is surveillance hides in the shadows and it's easy for people to not see the effects, whereas the effects of climate change cannot be hidden. So surveillance feels way more nefarious, and climate change feels more honest about the pain is going to inflict on us permalink fedilink source parent