@DailyLibber Can you assure us? Has anyone actually been assured of this? It is a pretty easy thing to do without doxing and even though I agree it’s kind of fucked up in the first place, sort of weird to not just offer some proof of life
@AliceFromQueens I think there’s probably a real split where for many people the “in my backyard” really is just about it being a net negative and opinion would shift if they were lowering everyone’s utility bills. For sure some people will just be opposed anyway.
@robertisnthere dawg you are doing post modern critical race theory tema okun style jargon to praise the inherent nobility of getting a traffic ticket from a cop
@mattyglesias This isn’t saying “why is everyone talking about piker”. It’s saying why are people ostensibly on his side spending a disproportionate amount of time talking about him
@AndyMasley I don’t think it’s that funny. There’s a huge disconnect between a broad idea of safety and how regulations and fines are enforced, and it’s not at all clear that even a 100% enforcement rate wouldn’t exacerbate that disconnect. Rich ppl can still ignore laws, etc
@skepticalone44@ArmandDoma Yeah exactly. I don’t like mass surveillance on its own terms, but hypothetically could support an automated system for traffic with aggressively progressive fines or maybe no fines but suspending registration or license for repeat offenders.