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Went to the Protests Over the Weekend? Here’s How You Might Be Surveilled Now (gizmodo.com)
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[–] 39 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I would argue, that is the reason we got so many people to go out to No Kings.

Ok go ahead and surveil 7 million people, what the hell is that gonna do?

At that point you are just demonstrating your illegitimacy as a governing body while overloading your surveillance capacity with normal everyday people that are an overwhelming distraction from your authoritarian aims.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    I think the mistake here is not to use our voices, for the sound of our voices together is unmistakable.

    I never said these things wouldn't happen.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I think this is an unrealistic concern. If that happened, every single person fired will sue the federal government for first amendment violation in addition to other things a real lawyer could probably point out. It'd be like the Kimmel situation x100, and remember that even some prominent Republicans pushed back against that.

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