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Re:NSA asks Congress to let it get on with that warrantless ... by gsatic on Sunday January 15, 2023 @09:12PM (#34395985)
It's probably more efficient.

Reminds me of some paper about Walmart/Amazon systems getting sophisticated enough to run the country better than the govt - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Cybersyn

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Re:NSA asks Congress to let it get on with that warrantless ... by paulryanrogers on Sunday January 15, 2023 @11:29PM (#34396816)
When you don't need humans it can be very efficient! And opaque once you add arbitration, paid for by these psuedo-governments.

Company towns and scrip were super efficient too!

Not so great for civil rights though.

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Re:NSA asks Congress to let it get on with that warrantless ... by _Algernon_ on Monday January 16, 2023 @12:04AM (#34397025)
> It's probably more efficient.

Yeah, government types which disregard democracy tend to have that attribute.

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Re:NSA asks Congress to let it get on with that warrantless ... by DangitBobby on Monday January 16, 2023 @12:32AM (#34397176)
I 100% do not want to live somewhere run by the people who run Walmart.
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