I’d like to throw Libertarians in that same cess pool.

90% of them don’t know what Libertarian means, besides no taxes or regulations they don’t share any of the beliefs around personal liberty. They looove jack booted facist shit aimed at the left and minorities all in the name of law and order.

They will hide behind it as a defense mechanism to side step any accountability for their voting record now that the Republican brand is completely fucked.

“Ohh I voted for him but Trump doesn’t represent my beliefs, I’m a libertarian.”

You are going to see a lot of hard core Republicans claiming to be something else as Trumps approval rating sinks further below 30%.

I never once mentioned “airport” in my post.

You may want to better educate yourself on this subject before responding.

ACLU 100 mile boarder zone

In the US, the boarder is considered anywhere within 100 miles of an international boarder. I.E. Oceans, Lakes that are adjacent to another country and the actual boarder with another country.

Ice agents can setup checkpoints anywhere within this area and search your phone. Since most Americans live near the coasts this “boarder area” covers an 90% of the population.

I live in the US.

I’ve replaced the batteries on two of my iPhones when they lost efficiency or the battery went bad.

I replaced the camera module on my iPhone13 when the flash Led broke because of a shitty lens cover.

In both instances I watched a YouTube video and did it, it’s not that hard.

The text statement is kind of true several years ago, it sucked having Android users in group chats because iPhone text features make it easy to share images and video with other iPhones. Text protocols changed years ago between IOS and Android and it is a non issue.

I used android for years, I had the OG Droid. There is nothing wrong with other smart phone brands but there is very little differentiating top phones anymore.

The proportions of his head is all wrong, and the hat doesn’t lay properly on the back of his head. I’m pretty sure it’s AI.

No

Both statements can be true at the same time. But the scale of one is many times larger.

China’s MO from rare earths and magnets to cars to silicon follows the same plan. Take IP, Subsidize the industry, Research, once you have a monopoly use it to squeeze adversaries.

I will say at least China is willing to kill off underperforming companies.

The US needs to let a lot of legacy companies that aren’t performing die off. It also needs to break up oligopolies in many industries. Why compete when you can buy up the future competitors and set prices with a handful of competitors. The financialization of our economy is choking us.

There has been a ton of stories lately of women targeting ICE agents and getting valuable intel on their operations which they pass along to anti-ice organizations, or working to out them to the public and reveal their identity.

They are basically the same as Hitlers brown shirts but they have the power of the law behind them.

They just need to show up and be violent.

I agree the US would be ungovernable. There are soo many critical infrastructure targets. You could cut off a region and then roll up any loyal fascist forces with hot and run attacks.

But it won’t be easy and it would be very bloody.

I agree with you, but… ICE now has more officers than the FBI and a budget larger than the Marines. I guarantee they aren’t hiring for intelligence…

If shit really hit the fan I’m sure the Republicans will bring in foreign powers such as Israel to back them up militarily.

I like to tell people that if you go left enough, guns are back on the menu…

It’s more… they are getting more servicing the AI sector.

You can but they may arrive slightly squishy.

The post office changed their provider for air mail a few years ago and they don’t seem to want to give priority to living things and frequently stack heavy items on top of live stock boxes…

Most farms try to source them locally now to avoid killing hundreds of chicks while in transit.

The driver might have been angry that you were being unsafe and he didn’t want to see you hurt or be the one to hurt you.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been driving down a unlit road and had to slam on the brakes to avoid hitting someone who was jaywalking and wearing dark clothes. Or seeing kids driving on the road on bikes/e-bikes and being unsafe in traffic.

Some of us just don’t want to see you hurt or be the one to hurt you.

I was alluding to that conspiracy theory.

They have proven time and time again that they will do anything to screw over the middle class rather than have the rich pay their fair share in taxes. Which is what makes this theory so plausible.

Also control… never forget they just want to control what others do with their bodies.

They see this technology as powerful and their respective organizations or Nation needs to own it no matter the risk.

They are also conditioning the populace for a big black swan AI event such as AI interfering in elections or a huge multi institution hack to our banking system which drains our accounts, etc., etc.

Thereby creating a crisis which only they can solve. The one thing I can guarantee is their solutions will only give them more power.

People can sense the system is rigged against them. They may blame different parties, policies, races, etc. But there is a lot of anger in the air. The US is quickly becoming a polarized powder keg more so than I can remember at any time in my life.

Flock cameras and AI are seen as tools of those whom they blame (rightfully so). It’s a rare physical manifestation of this rigged system that is pointed directly at you as you go about your life.

If we as a society were really against surveillance there would be a huge movement against Ring doorbells, microphones in TVs, our phones recording us, etc. But those devices are mundane and we interact with them. Which puts people at ease and placates the majority of people.

Flock has none of that, it’s a symbol of oppression from a system that wants to control us.

All of that is already in play and more.

They know your income, spending habits, outstanding credit balances, browsing history, etc. They know if you are employed, had a child, had a divorce or death in the family. They know your health and how active you are.

With all that data, AI knows what you are willing to spend on an item or service.

There are HR services that use AI to look at all of this meta data to determine how desperate you are for a job and how low they can offer a salary/wage.

You’re the product.