America
USA USA USA!
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@monteluna
The system is being designed so the only job you can get easily is working for ICE.
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@m-j-r.eth
βThose who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safetyβ
-Benjamin Franklin
interestingly, this was written November 1755 during the French and Indian War, arguing that accepting the Penn family's money in exchange for Pennsylvania giving up the right to tax would mean sacrificing the colony's fundamental political power for a financial transaction, resulting in the loss of both true liberty and effective safety.
but the same can be said about accepting FISA 702 in exchange for Americans giving up the expectation of privacy in communication, sacrificing the de facto right to assemble fundamental political power.
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@monteluna
The US seriously needs immigration reform, but the senators are too busy insider trading on stocks and polymarket.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/ten-indian-nationals-indicted-visa-fraud-conspiracy
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@monteluna
Good connection between the surveillance state and low trust society.
He also points to the fact that people are increasingly being driven to expensive solutions that effectively lower their privacy in response to low trust society.
Open windows when parking is probably the best example.
https://youtu.be/adv1JPJJUJ8?si=nPDCAJOeoLtLBVAz
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@zoo
jfc how many of these secret biolabs are there?
https://x.com/latimes/status/2036842797173461292?s=46
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@virility
Only in America most coffee shops donβt have real baristas and fast food workers put steaming hot baked potatoes in salad containers melting it to garbage. π€¦ββοΈ
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@mikedemarais.eth
which type of NV license plate should i get? π€
https://dmv.nv.gov/platesmain.htm
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