• LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    I would rather live in a crunchy, gritty, unpredictable world thats actually real than the suffocating sterility of an authoritarian surveillance state even if it feels safer to those willing to overlook the deep violation of human dignity by the forced use of mass surveillance in any context. Surveillance may marginally improve safety due to the fact that it discourages bad behavior, but never forget that it serves the powerful much more than it improves public safety. If they really wanted to make us safe, they would provide everyone healthcare, housing, education and a living wage. Crime would plummet if most people were content and had enough money to just breath and enjoy life but instead they give us Flock and Palantir.

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      45 minutes ago

      I wanted to start a rebuttal but realistically I’ll never change your mind. I just want to say all the things you mentioned like healthcare, housing, education, infrastructure (how is the high speed rail network in the US?) , social security, living wage, and privacy laws like the GDPR are all part of life in China. You make it sound, like most ignorant people who never visit China, like it’s some North Korea here. At least China is not beholden to its tech companies and lobby groups, who buy and own the current US regime. There is more competition and choice here than I ever had in the US. With the exception of ranch sauce that is. Lasty the big difference between China and most Asian countries vs western civilization, is the sense of community. In the US most people are selfish and for themselves - maybe because of the lack of the basic services you mentioned - and if your job doesn’t benefit them, no interest. Especially covid this difference in community became very clear.

    • davel@lemmy.ml
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      Crime would plummet if most people were content and had enough money to just breath and enjoy life

      You don’t realize that you just explained why crime is low in China. It’s low because socialism works.