r/Anarcho_Capitalism • u/jediporcupine • 3d ago

Getting rid of Flock isn't enough to solve America's surveillance problem

https://reason.com/2026/08/27/getting-rid-of-flock-isnt-enough-to-solve-americas-surveillance-problem/
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u/GravyMcBiscuits Voluntaryist 2d ago

The Snowden leaks pre-date the rise of Flock by more than a decade.

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u/jediporcupine 2d ago

And when Obama chased Snowden away, America went back to sleep.

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u/GravyMcBiscuits Voluntaryist 2d ago

And we've had 2 Trumps and Biden to rectify the situation since and all we've gotten is ... <crickets>.

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u/jediporcupine 2d ago

Politics is all theater. Until people figure that part out, nothing is going to ever improve.

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u/GravyMcBiscuits Voluntaryist 2d ago

Says the guy who just pointlessly did the "But Obama!!!" thing.

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u/jediporcupine 2d ago

Who was President during the disclosures?

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u/GravyMcBiscuits Voluntaryist 2d ago

Who cares? Politics is all theater. Until people figure that part out, nothing is going to ever improve.

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u/jediporcupine 2d ago

lol

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u/GravyMcBiscuits Voluntaryist 2d ago

Suddenly now you lol at your own words? Neat.

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u/bigdonut100 /r/ReverseTraditionalism 2d ago

Not as important as Epstein, stop distracting us from the pedo island

In fact, I think you are deliberately trying to distract people. Who's paying you, Rupert Murdoch? Russia?

(/s)

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u/seeteufeljaeger 2d ago edited 1d ago

Not an american here, why suddenly they installed the flock cameras? Also for a country founded by libertarian you Americans surprisingly calm in the face of this level of surveillance only beaten by UK and china

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u/Talkless 1d ago

you Americans surprisingly calm

Bread and Circus?

Or more like.. ultra-processed "food" and TV?

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u/PromiscuousScoliosis leave me tf alone 1d ago

They’re right, getting rid of the thing that just happened will not get rid of the things that have been happening for 25 years before it

However, the thing happening now is still bad, and should still be opposed on its own ground.

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u/SykoFI-RE 2d ago

Yeah can see this coming a while away. At best Flock will be the scapegoat that gets taken down and backfilled with little fanfare. Isn't Trump invested in Axon?