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@hyp
Sorry bout your healthcare, the deficit, scientific research and financial aid for college, what we need now are 10x more secret police and concentration camps. - $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion - $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million - $8 billion for hiring/retention - Billions more
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Sophia Indrajaal
@sophia-indrajaal
One tiny ray of hope i saw yesterday is Heritage Foundation lashed out at some AI provisions. There is a chance that this odd power alliance of dominionist theocratic Christians and Libertarian tech bros will eat itself in a politically classic move usually reserved for the Left.
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assayer
@assayer
I'm worried the tech bros are not libertarian. They are longtermists. Global totalitarian super government and draconian laws are things they accept in order to assure the deep future of humanity btw the stars.
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Sophia Indrajaal
@sophia-indrajaal
Fair enough, but it's still a vector highly at odds with the eschatologically minded wing of the government.
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