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You're not crazy, and it's not new. The current buzz word is "DEI", but they've been doing the same thing since before any of us were alive. Before DEI it was Woke. Before that it was Critical Race Theory (CRT). Before that it was Social Justice Warriors (SJW). Before that it was Politically Correct (PC). Before that they used terms which are less polite.

That's sort of the whole premise of The Wire, especially the 1st, 4th, and 5th seasons. The mass surveillance side is mostly shown through the cops' perspective, and the show is now 20+ years old, but it shows an extremely realistic portrayal of how cops use surveillance to build cases against criminal organizations and career criminals.

It's set in the early days of mass adoption of cell phones, so there are some pretty dated moments. The entire 1st season centers around monitoring a drug enterprise that uses pay phones to communicate. There's a moment in a later season where the cops have to have text messaging and sending pictures over cell phones explained. They go into a lot of detail about what a burner phone is. It's kind of funny in retrospect, but it was all very timely when the show originally aired.

The title "The Wire" is a reference to wire taps, ie the police getting warrants to allow them to listen to phone calls.

There's really only failing, then learning, then death

My kids have me listening to way too much Disney music lately....

In a magical hypothetical world where we could make this happen without it being absurdly cruel to the animals, I'd love to see it.

That's not a species of animal. That's the living embodiment of a fundamental force of nature. No mortal, man nor beast, can defeat one.

Cannabis

I think a grizzly bear or a polar bear would take it. Any other bear it's going to the gorilla.

Optimistic of you to assume any of this will end in 2028. Trump and his fascist goons are already priming the electorate to accept a 3rd term. He's not going away until he's dead.

Is this the showdown we've been waiting for that will finally definitively prove we're no longer a Constitutional Republic?

I guarantee you there's going to be a fuck ton of obnoxious fascists on Reddit and Twitter quoting the fuck out of Jackson today.

It all needs to get a lot less complex and confusing. I know the complexity is a byproduct of the defederated nature of the whole thing, but it's also the primary thing limiting growth. The fediverse is never going to grow to anything other than a tiny niche if it isn't immediately understandable to people who have 0 background in tech.

I've been voting for 12 years longer than you and that's the same for me in general elections. The way I see American electoral politics, you vote for who you want in the primary. They end up losing to some shitty as corporate stooge. Then you vote against the fascist in the general election.