The workers are the industry. The greedy shareholders are the problem.

Once again, if this were labeled a person (since corporations have personhood rights) you’d get a restraining order for stalking. Especially in light of the SCOTUS decision to invalidate geofence dragnet surveillance…

Well yeah, a decent chunk of them might be out of a job…maybe the Epstein files could shed some more light that.

Stalkflushed? Dunno.

On the thinking though, might there be any legal argument for unreasonable search and seizure? Yes there’s not expectation of privacy in public, but an officer might still be expected to have a warrant or at least probable cause before searching my car in a Walmart parking lot without my consent.

Sure I don’t expect privacy from Walmart’s security system, but I don’t have reason to think law enforcement is monitoring it at all times. 24/7 law enforcement surveillance seems like it should fall under “search” there, because unless you have reason to be watching me, you’re searching for something anyway.

And officers have literally been caught literally stalking people without warrant with these systems. How is that not unreasonable search?

So yes, there’s no expectation that the public should look the other way, but I should be able to expect to not have big brother looking over my shoulder at all times.

Oh dear… *commences sycophancy routine

You’ve made some excellent points highlighting how common and needed encryption is. Which also highlights how important it is to defend the right to encryption from government overreach.

A key under the mat for the cops is a key under the mat for the neredowells as well. Which also begs the question, how comfortable are with the cops showing up in your living room uninvited?

Try not being evil then if you’re mad about being caught.

Tell me your country is falling into private sector authoritarianism without telling me your country is falling into private sector authoritarianism.

What if we as a society decided to just not?

This is no time to get political. Lots of thoughts and prayers. Remember, guns don’t kill people, people kill people /s/

Anecdotally, I’d say money and the world would be the two big things.

People don’t have enough money to raise kids. Americans can’t afford to give birth with hospital bills. Childcare is expensive, but the alternative is no income. People can’t accumulate generational wealth, so there’s nothing to pass on, therefore no need for anyone to pass it to.

Environmental anxiety is real. Why bring kids into a world that’s about to burn?

Maybe one last factor is rebellion. A small sample I feel like chooses not to have kids so as not to perpetuate the system. The billionaires can’t exploit my kids if I don’t have any.

The rich are universally rich entirely by continually choosing to ignore the plight of the poor and slinging bootstrap condemnations. No identity sustained by evil choosing can be equated with racism.

The rich are universally rich entirely by continually choosing to ignore the plight of the poor and slinging bootstrap condemnations. No identity sustained by evil choosing can be equated with racism.