What much of it comes down to is trust.
Can we trust that these systems will legitimately be used to improve public safety and not as a backdoor by the government to exert greater control? The skepticism is not unfounded.
EndlessNightmare
joined 2 years ago
The commodification of life itself.
Once you understand that we are just livestock to those in charge, a lot of their behavior starts to make more sense.
It's so difficult to get excited about new tech anymore.
Automobile-centric infrastructure was such a colossal societal fuck-up.
Bad for personal health, physical safety, household finances, and the environment. Automobiles are not a symbol of freedom, they are a symbol of dependence.
Money > humans > pets > wildlife > farm animals
It is certainly open to interpretation.
One could say "yes, they are different because humans can explicitly state when they are ready to go." I don't think that was the point they were aiming for though.
In a word: distraction. Alternately, the "circuses" in "bread and circuses"
Black Sails
Well shit, would you look at that. UTC +5:45
Online doesn't have the same element of confrontation
New Zealand in the "mutilations and genocide" zone?
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I think the point is choice. Even those living in suburban and urban areas have a difficult time opting out of car-dependence.
If you choose to live rural, I would say that automobiles are part and parcel to that decision. It's just the nature of low population density.