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Laguna S 2.1 1 day ago

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The states certifying their own elections is the next convoluted system in the way of unrestrained tyranny, after states controlling identity verification.

Government getting in the way is useful when it impedes other parts of government.

We're definitely going in the wrong direction, but it's been slower than Russia, Turkey, Austria, and others which are following well-worn paths. And the consequences for the world are so much worse if it happens in America.

My Facebook account with no connections was created exclusively to log in for the 20% discount. Facebook is probably getting more out of this arrangement than McDonalds.

I do like that McDonalds employees call me Valued Customer instead of the Facebook Name, after enabling one of the app privacy settings.

"Thus, anyone who wants to corral that kind of entity and make it do their bidding? Yeah, they want slaves."

Always comes to mind when I see Elon and friends getting excited about AI robots. Slavery was more about economics than the role-playing.