That was the whole idea all along.
Or if you need to drive support for expanded government power, create a crisis to justify it.
The Chinese “Social Credit System” is what comes to mind for me as the leftist goal. When they turn criminals loose without charges then a camera for crime control seems like money that is flushed down the toilet. But if the left can use surveillance for social control then that seems to be the only reason left to explain it.
Surveillance, like gun control, was never about stopping criminals.
It was ALWAYS about CONTROL. Their control over YOU.
Release criminals to terrorize the population, then install a surveillance state to “keep everyone safe”. This is not “out of fear”, but is a purposeful set of tactics to destabilize society and take power away from the people.
Big deal. Criminals wear hoodies pulled down and masks across their faces specifically b/c of cameras.
Oakland at this point is too far gone.
Not just fear of crime, but fear about everything and anything (e.g., “global warming”; the Fauci Flu; you name it). Far too many American “men” have publicly revealed their fear — and their associated cowardice — over the past three years ... and “it ain’t pretty”.
Cant be true! Presidentish biden said at the SOTU that America is safer now than when he took office.
they wont prosecute them even if they catch them so what is the point? maybe to see if they are white or republican? Which seems to be the only people our injustice system seems interested in prosecuting anymore.
That’s precisely the point of the soft on crime stance.
Cause it to become so out of control that it pushes people into trading their freedom for safety.