• skisnow@lemmy.ca
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    8 hours ago

    Even right wingers like this dude don’t want authoritarian surveillance bs

    There’s long been a hypocrisy with the right where they’re all about civil liberties and privacy for themselves and authoritarian surveillance for everyone else.

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    this framing is so stupid to me

    An East Tennessee county commissioner sparked controversy after suggesting during a public workshop that Flock CEO Garret Langley should be hanged for treason.

    Excuse me? The real controversy is the nation-wide surveillance network used to track everyone’s movements. The commissioner’s response seems to be very measured in light of that fact.

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    8 hours ago

    Honestly, I have the impression that only death and high taxes can fix the problems we have with our overlords.

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    Good, let’s hang him. Town square, all that dumb old town shit dumb ass conservatives miss despite never having.

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    I mean jail for everyone involved in this “illegal national spy program” makes more sense (because we’re not barbarians, mostly) but if people go the rope-tree-traitor route i would say they probably want me on their jury.

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    21 hours ago

    There’s a prison nearby.

    There are not flock cameras outside the prison or anywhere near it.

    That should tell you everything you need to know.

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    For fucks sake… don’t scapegoat this 1 person.

    Every township, every county, and every state government is enabling it. Flock just doesn’t go around putting up cameras for charity. They are doing it because your governments are paying them for it.

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      Don’t scapegoat them, but also don’t let them off the hook. Don’t let them feel too comfortable about being openly evil. People being comfortable about being openly evil is how bad things happen.

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          All billionaires but not all CEOs

          Edit: I have my own LLC but I don’t have any employees. I could, technically, call myself a CEO and that would be valid. Should I be hanged?

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            Same for me, I’m with you

            No idea, why I should be hanged, because the only person I’m abusing is myself…

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            Should I be hanged?

            Only if you really want to be. Maybe you’re into that? You should probably use a buddy system, though.

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            This is easy.

            Do you call yourself a CEO? If yes, then yes. If no, then no. 👍

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              I hope you don’t actually believe that.

              Not that it matters but I don’t. My parents got me a little plaque for my desk that says “ramenshamen, <LLC name>, CEO” which is kinda fun but I’m just a guy. I don’t walk around introducing myself as a CEO of a company where I’m the only employee.

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                I don’t think you are really grasping how much people hate anyone even slightly associated with ceos.

                Even if you just play act as them.

                Not saying you’re a bad person, but maybe distance yourself from the embodiment of parasitism.

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          I could MAYBE be talked into sparing all folks on social media claiming to be the CEOs of the side hustle. And I guess Gaben but he has to get rid of his yacht(s?) first

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            Personally I don’t care how many yacts you have, but meddle in my government, behave like an aristocrat, try to surveil and manipulate all the proles, and I am not a happy camper. Very salty.

            I think there ought to be a hard cap on wealth from 30mil net worth to somewhere around 250mil. Per person. Double that per family. The actual net worth number should be INDEXED to median (not average) wealth and income, cost of living, etc. And it should be determined democratically.

            If we catch someone speeding, first offence just surrender all the wealth over the max wealth limit. Second offence? Capital punishment without the possibility of a pardon, and limited chances to appeal. This can’t be treated like any other crime. Going over the wealth limit shound be considered treason.