Posted on 06/09/2023 6:21:37 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Illuminating a truly sad, pathetic — and terrifying — version of Stockholm Syndrome, a new poll has found that a stunning percentage of "Gen Z" Americans support the idea of the government placing cameras in every home in order to prevent crime and abuse. What could be the downside, right?
That finding was part of a Cato Institute poll of 2,000 Americans. Americans.
The poll asked whether respondents supported "the government installing surveillance cameras in every household to reduce domestic violence, abuse, and other illegal activity." What about invasion of privacy?
While "only" about 14 percent of Americans overall supported the idea of Uncle Sam transitioning into Peeping Tom, an incredible 29% of those under the age of 30 did. And fully 20% of those between the ages of 30 and 44 supported the idea of massive government surveillance of — and intrusion into — our formerly private homes.
One can picture a young man/woman/other/they, thoroughly indoctrinated by academia and media his entire life, saying: "Well, yeah, if it would possibly prevent, like, misgendering and s---, then it would be a good thing, right, dude?"
To put it mildly, it is ironic that many of the same people who scream, "My body, my choice!" at conservatives are okay with "My home, your domain!" when it comes to the government.
There are reasons why so many young people purport to believe in Socialism...and appear more afraid of true freedom than of Big Government controlling their lives and watching their every move. Our educational system — indeed, all of our major institutions — has been entirely captured by the left. Most have led lives of such ease and softness that they are simultaneously filled with guilt and entitlement.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
It is the public education that caused this. The left has taken it over.
Could not agree more.
The insidious Left has been playing the long game, and now here we are.
Alexa, anyone?!
already do. Smart TV’s, cable boxes and the ever listening phone, Alexa, and Dot.
If I missed one, please include
Wow! Apparently 1 in three gen ze’s want to crap all over our forefather’s graves who fought and died for our freedoms!
Wow...just think of all the money the FBI and other alpha agency goons would save on porn sites. They could just tune in to their favorite household with hotties (of both sexes) and watch and drool to their hard..er...heart’s content.
This is where ductape comes in. Lots and lots of ductape.
Don’t we have them already — embedded in the smart TVs?
“ever listening phone”
Will the cameras go off when the power goes out ? ..real question?
Is there some way this wifi 5g what not can keep them on?
I know that land line phones still work when the power is out.But that is hard line.
Just wondering .....
They sent their children to be educated by Caesar and now are surprised the new subjects act like Romans?
Well yes but this is different and damn scary a third of the snowflakes want government surveillance in the homes
I don’t call them Gen Zeros for nothing. They don’t seem to understand when you become property of a government they can decide that you are no longer needed by them and you are history.
there are such things as super capacitors that can hold power for a long time and modern electronics is more energy efficient, so who know. However, if the WiFi is down, there is no path back. I doubt any off the shelf stuff has cellular in it because that would require much much more energy to use.
Don’t know about much about modern land lines, but back in the day when things were rotary or “pulse dial”, I believe it was either 48 or 90 volts DC
Don’t forget Siri, from Apple!
of course, how could I. I should have said home smart devices to cover them all.
I also have heard speculation on Nest and Ring equipment
Good memory. Line specifications for POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) was for the phone to see 48 volts DC on the line under normal (quiescent) conditions. To ring the phone, a 90 volt AC waveform was sent to it, at 20 Hz.
Loop resistance was pretty high (like 200 to 400 ohms) so not much power could be sourced through the loop.
When the phone was off-hook (that is during a call) the Central Office (CO) drops the voltage to something more like 8 volts.
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