On Monday, the Trump administration submitted arguments to the Supreme Court claiming that no court — including the Supreme Court — can question Trump’s decision to deploy military troops against US cities. Trump lawyers wrote that “the President’s determination to call up the National Guard is a co...
Trump lawyers claim ICE agents “are facing incessant violent resistance on the streets of Illinois …"
It is no surprise that eyewitness accounts largely dispute these claims, often with video evidence.
So while there are a lot of problems with our ubiquitous surveillance state, the fact that virtually every citizen has an independant surveillance device in their pocket may be the key thing that pulls us out of authoritarianism.
What the Trump administration is doing is no different than what other authoritarian regimes did: lie about their opposition, then use those lies as an excuse to consolidate power. Everyone knew they were lying, but nobody could prove it. But here, we not only have the technology to prove them wrong, but a court system which still has some measure of independence and, in many cases, will not ignore definitive proof.
Will it be enough? That’s still an open question. I can’t say for sure. In the meantime, the best hope for Democracy in America would be if the actuarial tables finally catch up with the man.
But it all starts with the video itself, which anyone can take. From there it needs to be distributed, of course, and the corporate owned social media is the easiest route to take, but not the only one. These videos are still making it into evidence, regardless of how they eventually make it there.
So while there are a lot of problems with our ubiquitous surveillance state, the fact that virtually every citizen has an independant surveillance device in their pocket may be the key thing that pulls us out of authoritarianism.
What the Trump administration is doing is no different than what other authoritarian regimes did: lie about their opposition, then use those lies as an excuse to consolidate power. Everyone knew they were lying, but nobody could prove it. But here, we not only have the technology to prove them wrong, but a court system which still has some measure of independence and, in many cases, will not ignore definitive proof.
Will it be enough? That’s still an open question. I can’t say for sure. In the meantime, the best hope for Democracy in America would be if the actuarial tables finally catch up with the man.
Good thing the social media, video streaming, and news platforms aren’t owned by billionaires that are bending the knee to fascism, right?
But it all starts with the video itself, which anyone can take. From there it needs to be distributed, of course, and the corporate owned social media is the easiest route to take, but not the only one. These videos are still making it into evidence, regardless of how they eventually make it there.
Like YouTube pulled hundreds of videos documenting rape and torture by IOG