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Re:Amazon Pushes Facial Recognition to Police, Critics See S... by syshum on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @02:03PM (#17128044)
It is sad that people have the delusion they are really free, unable to see they are actually in a guided cage.

I am sure there were many in Oceania perfectly content with their life, thinking they were free because they never butted up against the edges of their cage, they never tested the limits of their "freedom", they were "respectable" citizens doing as the government said

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Re:Amazon Pushes Facial Recognition to Police, Critics See S... by gknoy on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @02:22PM (#17128186)
> I am sure there were many in Oceania perfectly content with their life, thinking they were free because they never butted up against the edges of their cage

I do not recall getting that impression when I read 1984. Rather, the majority of the proles were absolutely under the figurative boot, and kept there via fear. Even the Inner Party were aware of the edges of their cage -- either they tested them and got reconditioned, or they were all-in on the dystopia, but I don't think that counts as thinking that they were free. Rather, they traded freedom for power over others.

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Re:Amazon Pushes Facial Recognition to Police, Critics See S... by schrodinger on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @10:24PM (#17131065)
What edges of your cage do you bump up against?
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