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With rising authoritarianism in the US it is highly likely the military will be increasingly deployed against US citizens. Replacing the humans in the loop with AI removes a key safeguard. We’re heading down a very very dark path.

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"the military will be increasingly deployed against US citizen" doesn't happen in a vacuum. It comes at the tail end of a long escalation of government/police force.

People don't feel nearly as stupid as they ought to for being complicit in the 30-40yr that lead us to where are now

Globalization broke the unions in the US, the main site of organized popular power. While it’s true that the current state of affairs is part of a longer slide toward authoritarianism, a more accurate etiology would be that it’s the congealing power of the upper class that has been driving the dismantling of democracy. Since concentrated wealth is concentrated power, it is intrinsically anti-democratic. Instead of guilt tripping ourselves we are better off correctly identifying our enemies and organizing together against the forces leading us down this path.

Project Insight. I said Hydra had taken over when the orange taint was elected and people denied it.

What is this fear mongering?

It's the reality of the situation.

Not for every single person who visits this site. This isn't reddit, explain what you mean and provide a source for your claims.

If anything it's an understatement.

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