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Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 78 points 2 years ago (4 children)

The more comments and news I read about the US the more Orwellian it feels.

You guys really need a massive left-shift away from the omnipresent government which regulates bodies more than companies.

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  • [–] 41 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh sorry instead we’re going to get fascism

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    At some point, someone is going to figure out George Orwell was actually a time traveler, and he tried to fix things with books. He had to deliver the message that way because if he just shouted in the streets the things that were going to happen, he'd been written off as a madman. Change a few details here and there... and then sell it as "fiction"...

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Where do you live?

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yes. We must know where they live so we can shit on their country to make ourselves feel better.

    'Merica!

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    IDK I just had a overwhelming sense they were in the UK, which is like... way worse.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You are 66 times more likely to be killed by a police officer if you are in the US compared to in the UK.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_annual_rates_and_counts_for_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh we're talking about police killings suddenly? I thought we were talking about civil rights?

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