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Yet somehow it’s turning into reality with big nations threatening to eat small ones and become super states.
> big nations threatening to eat small ones and become super states what are a couple of examples you have in mind that support your claim of this trend? I must be living under a rock because I have not detected this.
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what does this have to do with the story?
Well in part because Israel acts like a police state supported by a lot of Orwellian technology
Alternatively, I propose we seize Larry's assets, starting with the boats, then liquidate them for the benefit of developing families.
Tired of all these "rules for thee" while certain classes remain unaffected.
Omnipresent AI cameras will ensure good behavior, says Larry Ellison
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41562750
Larry Ellison: vast AI surveillance can ensure citizens are on best behavior
I encourage people making snap comments to read at least one entire paragraph of the article: > “We’re going to have supervision,” Ellison said. “Every police officer is going to be supervised at all times, and if there’s a problem, AI will report that problem and report it to the appropriate person. Citizens will be on their best behavior because we are constantly recording and reporting everything that’s going on.”…
There is a whole genre of short form and streaming videos where the subject films himself violating social norms and breaking the law.
The majority of perpetrators do not care.
Alternatively, I propose we seize Larry's assets, starting with the boats, then liquidate them for the benefit of developing families.
Or even i2p: https://geti2p.net
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If anybody even insinuates that Weiss or Ellison have dual loyalty because of this they will be accused of anti-semitism. The hard truth is that weaponizing your money — earned largely from Americans — to aid a foreign country at the expense of America is about as un-American as it gets. Aside from the potentially valid argument that your voice shouldn’t be louder just because you are a billionaire — you are corrupti…
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This dude has almost half a trillion dollars to his name.
Larry, instead of waxing lyrical about your desire for a police state, how about you bugger off to a private island and establish your own society there, and leave the rest of the world for people who don't clamor for more money after making hundreds of billions of dollars.
Some people just aren't satisfied with having too much. I'm not in favor of a "abolish billionaires" catch-all policy, but from having met a bunch of billionaires, some just need to call it a day and spend more time with their families.
"Citizens will be on their best behavior because we are constantly recording and reporting everything that’s going on" Video games and YouTube can't be entirely to blame for the significant falls in alcohol consumption and the night entertainment industry generally. People don't want to get drunk, do something stupid, and end up on blast all over the Internet now that everyone's carrying a camera connected to the ent…