Optimistically, it sounds like the USA data could be used to assist USA domestic defense drones, fighting against an invading foreign nation.

Pessimistically, maybe democracy's days are numbered

> Pessimistically, maybe democracy's days are numbered

that was in the cards in the early 2000s when the Patriot Act got passed, mate.

now they just have the muscle (drones) to back it up.

welcome to the cyberpunk dystopia

	▲	tim333 an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Dunno - if you look at the graphs https://ourworldindata.org/democracy the long term trend over a couple of centuries has been towards democracy, though with a bit of a reversion over the last 15 years or so. A lot of the bad has come out of Russia which is struggling a bit these days.
	▲	idiotsecant 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The real cyberpunk dystopia is going to be a lot less glamorous than it is in the stories- mostly just unending poverty, war, and death for the vast majority of us.