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How the US is turning into a mass techno-surveillance state (english.elpais.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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President Trump and his former star advisor, Elon Musk, have accelerated the deployment of a vast technological infrastructure that monitors the lives of millions of people. The system is focusing on immigrants — for now

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[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago

There are two broad types of governments: those that benefit the many, and those that oppress the many in order to benefit a few.

Those that benefit the many have no colorable need for mass surveillance.