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Hm, the State thoroughly coopting private enterprises to oppress their people… I wonder what’s the name of that…
by malvim 10mo ago
Hm, the State thoroughly coopting private enterprises to oppress their people… I wonder what’s the name of that…
- potsandpans 10mo agoWe can't say it though, at risk of being publicly derided as being histrionic.
- mindslight 10mo agoAs a libertarian, I'll stop calling them fascists when they stop calling themselves conservatives and actually adopt some kind of honest label for what they stand for. But that would require them to stand for something constructive rather than simping for whatever destructive looting Dear Leader has divined this week.
- tptacek 10mo agoThese are generally not private cameras; they're operated by states and municipalities. There are some corner cases like Home Depot that matter if your area has decided not to do ALPRs, but in most places, police department deployment of ALPRs is accelerating, not receding, and the private cameras are kind of a sideshow.
- nickthegreek 10mo agoWhile I agree with your overall statement, I want to note that OP said private enterprise, not private cameras. Flock is doing more than distributing hardware here.
- astroflection 10mo agoI don't know of a name for this but I would rephrase what you are getting at: The state uses private entities to get around the constitution while those same private entities use the state to get around regulation. It's a sick fucking symbiosis.