I never post political or controversial stuff... but I wanted to step out of line briefly to offer a lesser-known and very weird historical background to a news story that’s going around about a particular tech company collaborating with police on racial profiling.
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This was one of the most mind-bending books I've ever read. NOT how most of us are used to thinking about this era.
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It was an era of the same capitalism that is running today. And of companies having to choose between collaboration and being taken over by the regime. Not an easy one.
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I suspect we're thinking of different people when we hear the word "regime," but other than that, I agree 100%
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Maybe I missed a connection there. I was talking about 3rd Reich. Not sure if there are modern equivalent constellations yet. At least I hope.
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We hadn't quite reached the totalitarian tipping point we seemed to stumbling towards. I'm hoping now that our current political divide will lead to a decentralization of political, technological, and ideological control.
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I hope it'll be a wake up call for the voters. Like Obama said: Every vote counts to get a picture of what the people want and are willing to tolerate.
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The same is on the table for every European country, too. The next elections will tell a lot about future developments.
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Very true!
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On hold at my local library. Thanks for the heads up
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