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 1 day 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 1 day ago
kyub@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day 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 1 day 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 11 hours 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 1 day ago
That’s a capitalism weakness, not a human weakness though.
j4yt33@feddit.org 1 day ago
Same thing
seekpie@lemmy.seekpie.nohost.me 19 hours ago
Humans = capitalism ???