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minus-squareRandom Dent@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoI have a long-running theory that we’re the US’s testing ground for authoritarian nonsense. If they roll it out here and it doesn’t get too much resistance, it’ll show up in the US in the next 3-5 years.
minus-squareinterdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoIt’s Foucault’s boomerang, but the last beta before bringing it home.
minus-squareJ.S. Gale@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoI could see that being the case, though the US has been testing things in the same vein itself.
minus-squareमुक्त@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoIndia was the traditional testing ground. If she is no longer that, than US hegemony has definitely weakened.
I have a long-running theory that we’re the US’s testing ground for authoritarian nonsense. If they roll it out here and it doesn’t get too much resistance, it’ll show up in the US in the next 3-5 years.
It’s Foucault’s boomerang, but the last beta before bringing it home.
I could see that being the case, though the US has been testing things in the same vein itself.
India was the traditional testing ground. If she is no longer that, than US hegemony has definitely weakened.