[–] 5 points 6 hours ago

Why ask the question about a hypothetical future or even currently when we have been living in a dystopian surveillance society for decades now.

Snowden is already a long time ago and he just exposed what so many people, including myself, knew has been happening. The consequences are already here. The ubitquos nature of surveillance passed this tipping point decades ago as well. Just the other day I heard my coworkers talking about their TVs always listening. I was like your cell phones have been doing this for ten years now, are you kidding me!?

Consequences:

Loss of privacy

Control of opposition for whoever is in charge of the apparatus

Control of societal narrative or zeitgeist

Manipulation of all monetary systems

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  • [–] 4 points 8 hours ago

    My father was raped by a male acquaintance as a young man. He was a state champion wrestler and it really messed with his head. He never told me this, which is normal, but I did find out about it. Most rapes are done by other men and it is way more common than men admit to.

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