It's a big reason why they were constantly accusing every opponent of being a crook. People don't want to vote for a crook, but if you convince enough voters that all politicians are dishonest and it is their only option, than they can rationalize voting for 'their' crook.
Not very dissimilar to Mussolini's tactics back in the 1920s/1930s, it's actually quite impressive how many similarities there are between Trump's and Mussolini's ways to find political power.
>I don't think anyone disputes that dems have been slanting towards the left more and more.
Anyone, except actual leftists. Dem leadership hates Mamdani. The only reason you believe the Dems are left-wing is because corporate media propaganda is highly effective.
> We could also vote the policians protecting these uncompetitive markets out of power and let regulators do their job.
Could we though? Even if gerrymandering and voter suppression weren't already out of control, and getting worse, there are very few politicians who could or would do anything about all this.
I had to replace my old phone a few months back and I went with a used Pixel 8 pro from Backmarket specifically so I could try GrapheneOS. I'll never go back if I can help it. I love this OS.
Yes, and? ICE is out there violating the law multiple times every day, in front of numerous witnesses and camera phones. The law isn't going to protect us.
Not YET. But ICE's budget is now larger the military budget for most countries. They are spending billions developing sophisticated AI-powered surveillance tech infrastructure and building detention centers (aka, concentration camps).
When they run out of immigrants to deport, they aren't going to just sell all that crap on ebay. They're going to go looking for more targets.
Palantir will give a lot of fake positives and overload remainder of ICE forces who will be chasing ghosts.
Heck even Google believes that I am a woman and is constantly showing me women hair and clothes products. And they are doing targeted data mining for ads business for decades.
ICE doesn't give a shit about false positives. They are already using a facial recognition app as definitive proof of someone's immigration status, even when they are shown documentation such as a birth certificate. They don't care if it's accurate, they just want targets.
That would make the agents culpable. If they're just doing what the AI told them to do, then who can hold them responsible? After all, the AI is smarter than all humans combined, who can argue with its wisdom?
Expect "The AI told me to do it" to be tried as a defense at Nuremburg 2.0
This is the correct question to be asking, but maybe not for the reason you thought. AI is an incredible tool for shifting liability and manufacturing plausible deniability, which appears to be exceedingly useful for authoritarian regimes around the world. Not just externally (i.e. in media), but internally as well (Ender’s Game: shoot the guy the computer says is bad, never give mind to whether or why he’s bad).
Take a look at your sibling comments, that AI is a mistake is a flawed viewpoint. It’s very much doing what it’s intended to do: shift liability and create plausible deniability.
I mean that's in Europe, but it is called Citizen ID - State issued card automatically when you are 15, looking like drivers license, renewed every 10 years.
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