Laws aren’t enough for something of this magnitude. The general population needs to grow to match the much greater challenges presented by modern technology, or we’re going to descend into another dark age until we do learn how to behave.
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just_another_person@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Every part of the world is. It’s not unique to the US. Laws need to be passed to stop this.
ogmios@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
kyub@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Yes. Unfortunately, these systems are also a great gift for any upcoming fascist regime (like the Trump junta currently) which will not only happily continue using the existing infrastructure but also extend it like mad.
Maybe humanity’s greatest weaknesses overall: the lack of foresight and the lack of wisdom learned from historic precedents. Everything’s always about short-term goals, ignoring any long-term disadvantages. See also: climate disaster.
Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Bet you $500 that the next democrat president won’t tear down the system and will in fact give even more contracts to Palantir & co.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Palantir have been with every president since it’s inception. I once searched palintir, lotr 10+years ago, it was already well established by then
CitizenKong@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s a capitalism weakness, not a human weakness though.
j4yt33@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Same thing
seekpie@lemmy.seekpie.nohost.me 3 weeks ago
Humans = capitalism ???