“The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government is to live under the government of worse men.”

– Plato, Republic book 1 (translated) circa 375 BCE.

Its a CIA-style listening device that people pay for and proudly install and display in their home, gathering data on them, sharing it with Amazon and anyone they care to sell or make that data available to - including police.

Ostensibly all to provide short voice answers and actions they could do privately with their phone in seconds.