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This backlash is the silver lining to China’s shortsighted implementations of this technology to their world renowned police state.

This may be an unpopular opinion here but on the flip side have you been to China lately?

Street crime (including petty thievery) has dropped immensely.

Any city in China is much safer than Oakland.

I don't think safety is the only thing that matters to people.

There is always a silver lining to authoritarianism.

Hasn't that always been the case in China?

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