Larry Ellison – 'citizens will be on their best behavior' amid nonstop recording

Re:Larry Ellison – 'citizens will be on their best behavior'... by JumpCrisscross on Monday September 29, 2025 @09:49AM (#45413806)

> it's painfully clear that these are just different aspects of the move towards more authoritarian forms of government

Sure. But, like, the evidence for that is the advocacy for a surveillance state. Not his support for a foreign policy project that yes, involves supporting an autocratic government in Israel (fighting, let’s be fair, an autocratic force in Gaza backed by an autocratic state in Iran), but also a whole bunch of other irrelevant things.

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Re:Larry Ellison – 'citizens will be on their best behavior'... by amval on Monday September 29, 2025 @09:56AM (#45413893)

I don't think I understand your point, beyond downplaying the severity of current events.

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Re:Larry Ellison – 'citizens will be on their best behavior'... by bhouston on Monday September 29, 2025 @10:33AM (#45414335)

> beyond downplaying the severity of current events.

He is definitely calling it "polarizing" and minimizing it. I infer that he is supportive of it then.

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Re:Larry Ellison – 'citizens will be on their best behavior'... by JumpCrisscross on Monday September 29, 2025 @09:58AM (#45413911)

I’m not downplaying the severity of anything. Just its relevance. Someone can be severe and irrelevant, and I think that’s the case here.

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Re:Larry Ellison – 'citizens will be on their best behavior'... by bigyabai on Monday September 29, 2025 @01:55PM (#45416735)

Your language suggests a sort of "explaining away" that is pernicious in certain cultures abroad.

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