Uhh, so the Washington Post revealed my city has been using dystopian nightmare AI facial recognition surveillance through a private company to track people on a watchlist.
Apparently they had a secret partnership with Palantir several years ago(news to me) and this is allegedly not directly related to that, but it seems like it definitely is.
Now Republicans are trying to pass a law to ban states from regulating AI for the next 10 years
Not only would it ban any new regulations, it would repeal all existing bans and regulations.
This may be confusing bc states rights, right? Well, since the federal government is currently being controlled by the people that also run these private AI companies, these companies would get to decide what a federal regulation would cover (if anything) and if it actually gets enforced (hard to do if you disband the entire federal government that handles oversight and protection of rights. That means even if you live in a deep blue state, you could end up in the same mass surveillance boat as me in bright red Louisiana, with no way to stop it no matter how much you beg your local leaders.
Not good, right? So please for the love of God, make sure you, and everyone you know make as much noise as possible so that doesn't happen!
Then take it back.
Definitely can't do it on my own or even with just my city. We need Americans to ban together and remember what it is supposed to mean to be an American.
There's already a lawsuit with multiple sanctuary jurisdictions protecting themselves from Trump. Why not have something similar for any Americans that don't want to become the United States of Palantir? Maybe not much we can do in the moment, but what if could find a way to redirect all future tax dollars to be paid into R's scat ampng the communities that join instead of the kings that are taxing us without representation?
Idk just an idea. Spit balling bc nobody else is doing it. Hurricane season literally starts in a few days and I am not expecting a penny of relief for the state from Trump and any state money we do have is definitely not going to my city.
Why TF am I paying taxes for this? That apparently want to run this country so bad like a corporation, but if it was one, I'd be a very angry shareholders demanding the people on the board step down or I start investing my money in a company I believe in.