Comment by jackyinger
4 hours ago
Authoritarian regimes don’t run on facts. They run on the primacy of Authority. Cameras record factual information. Facts are inconvenient for Authority. You know, 1984 Department of Truth style.
4 hours ago
Authoritarian regimes don’t run on facts. They run on the primacy of Authority. Cameras record factual information. Facts are inconvenient for Authority. You know, 1984 Department of Truth style.
Yeah but the camera was broken that day the policeman beat you. On protest day? It's magically up and running.
It’s not a coincidence that the CIA just took down the World Fact Book.
When you control the cameras you can memory hole any inconvenient truths.
They will have the AI just make a video of you doing whatever they feel like accusing you of and publish that from a .gov website.
well if you never read about how any of those work you might think that.
In reality they are very much interested in facts, because they give them info who to oppress harder
This is really a failure to understand how oppressive regimes work.
The goal is not to accurately target people, the whole point is you don't care. The exercise of power is the point.
It doesn't matter who's door you kicked in: you were right to do it no matter what, and they were guilty no matter what.
Facts _are_ weapons for them though. If they have the video they can pick out the 12 seconds that looks like what they want, or if it's all bad just hide it.
They don't need it, but it's convenient.
I don't think fascists are that smart, they will go after those that get in the way and those who they perceive as weak. They are bullies who are cowards and all that.