Do Americans really want this crap? I can’t believe that we don’t hold our governments accountable.
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In other news (well, from April): https://post.parliament.uk/facial-recognition-technology-in-policing
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Reminder that the flock cameras are easily hacked and ICE are as comically insufficient as they are unnecessary.
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racist Americans voted for it, but are finding out how much it sucks. the majority of America never wanted any of this
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If the “majority of Americans” didn’t give enough of a shit to care then they deserve the consequences of their ignorance…
All Americans are racist, they are born in a culturally racist society. You have to live outside the US to get it.
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If I see ICE in my neighborhood I’ll have my camera out and my pew pew in my belt
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How does an American hold their government accountable? They vote but what can be done between elections?
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They vote but what can be done between elections?
Lots of things can happen at the local level.
Example. Municipalities are banning Flock cameras locally. It’s small but rapidly gaining ground. The ore momentum it gets, the easier for others to join in. There’s even a national bill now b/c so many ppl hate these. Bipartisan support. Aims to block ALPR nationwide except for a few uses like highway tolling. The bill is not perfect. But do not fall into the trap of thinking not perfect means useless.
Most ppl don’t want to live in a surveilence state. It feels hopeless but we have ways to push back. It won’t happen overnight. But over time we can make a diff.
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They don’t. In America politicians choose their voters, not the other way around…
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Tbh join a couple organizations that address things you care about and they will give you plenty to do e.g. write/call your representative, participate in X community outreach event, donate to Y cause etc.
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We can do nothing. Now people are getting 30 year sentences for protesting in Texas. They are clearly sending a message that we will be shot in the streets like Alex Pretti or we will be thrown in jail.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/23/us/texas-immigration-detention-center-shooting-sentencing
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Yeah, well, nobody started shooting the fuckers before they could get spooled up
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One thing that makes this all difficult is the size and fragmentation of America. American states are the size of European countries and separated by subculture and geography. Organizing a state to hold its state government accountable might be doable in some states, but holding the federal government accountable is fifty times harder at least. Then there’s coordinating messaging and organizing across states. I’m not saying it can’t be done, but it’s no small feat. The will of the American people moves in slower, more inexorable tides.
