A newly declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reveals that the federal government is buying troves of data about Americans.
100% the only difference is surveillance hides in the shadows and it’s easy for people to not see the effects, whereas the effects of climate change cannot be hidden. So surveillance feels way more nefarious, and climate change feels more honest about the pain is going to inflict on us
Fwiw, this article is from June, but it did not receive enough attention, so I’m glad it’s coming back
This, and climate change, will define this era. Surveillance makes fascism so much easier.
100% the only difference is surveillance hides in the shadows and it’s easy for people to not see the effects, whereas the effects of climate change cannot be hidden. So surveillance feels way more nefarious, and climate change feels more honest about the pain is going to inflict on us