That's all bullshit because we already live in a panopticon. Everyone's physical movements are tracked, facial recognition works even on partials, there are HD cameras everywhere, continuous uploads of videos to TikTok and Instagram mean fugitives can no longer hide in the public world. Phones, Alexas/Homepods, vehicles etc can be remotely converted in to bugs with a court order (and a bunch of other devices probably are without.)

Whether its car thieves or drug dealers, these exist in the West today by explicit choice, not because it is impossible to stop.

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testdelacc1 2 days ago | parent [-]

This is conspiracy thinking. Parliament and HMG specifically allow car thieves to impoverish every car owner because ... why?

The previous Prime Minister suffered a bout of unemployment because he was unable to get a handle on the cost of living crisis. Would have been great if he could have gotten car insurance premium downs before the election. Ditto with the current Prime Minister.

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alexey-salmin 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

> This is conspiracy thinking. Parliament and HMG specifically allow car thieves to impoverish every car owner because ... why?

Because they have no interest in preventing this? It's not that they want this to happen (which would be a conspiracy), it's just that they don't care. The surveillance is built to protect the state, not the citizens.

	▲	testdelacc1 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		A guy who worked his whole life to become Prime Minister has no issues with becoming unemployed. I’m skeptical.

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betaby 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> because ... why?

There are official explanations

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/stolen-truck-authorit...

and reddit can show some 'conspiracy'. Conspiracy ones sound more plausible.