this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2026
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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 45 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

That's a gross over simplification that ignores the influence of the insurance industry shifting the baseline of public surveillance and crony capitalism that infects our municipalities.

[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 14 points 16 hours ago

Capitalists have been trying to build the panopticon since the first factories.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 19 points 17 hours ago

Yes, that's how it's implemented under capitalism.

States further into their authoritarianism don't need to bother with middle men and cutouts and shit.

They just put up the cameras.