• onlinepersona
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      The headline is to instill fear in those thinking of doing something. “If you’re thinking about it, we know and there will be consequences!”

      But we all know that dragnet surveillance is good at catching people after the act, not before. There’s just too much data.

      Anti Commercial-AI license

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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      New metadata tag added to each individual’s archive. We already know thanks to Snowden that they’ve been collecting EVERYTHING and using it to effectively go back in time and retroactively monitor anyone they want.

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        I remember when this would just get you called a crazy conspiracy theorist. Then when it turned out to be true, nobody said anything.

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    Okay, we already know the spooks are already monitoring everyone. We’ve known this for a long time. They don’t have to come up with an excuse to try and tell us.

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    Oh, I know I am firmly on that list. Brian Thompson got what he deserved. It’s a shame it hasn’t happened to more of them.

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    I referred to Luigi during a call with my SSDI attorney earlier today. I was shocked that she didn’t immediately get the reference.

    They turned down my application despite their own doctors saying I was disabled.

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    Oh, so this is the new scare! There’s already been the Lavender Scare, the Red Scare, the Satanic Panic etc.

    This scare will be called the Health Scare. Any other suggestions?

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    Saint Luigi of Baltimore, forgive us our debts. Deliver us from the greed of the Wicked. Protect us in sickness and in health. Lead us from the labyrinth of insurance denials. Bring Justice to the Merchants of Death.

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    I would be extremely concerned about anybody with positive views of health insurance, only slightly less so if they were directly enriching themselves off of it.