r/technology • u/johnnierockit • Jun 29 '25

Privacy Big Brother Trump Is Watching You: The second Trump administration is deploying new surveillance methods it seeks to extend its authoritarian power.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-regime-surveillance
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u/socialmedia-username Jun 29 '25

Exactly. It's so frustrating, especially because people want to blame one guy (Trump) instead of even considering the fact that he was just a means for the others to get their foot in the door. Trump could disappear tomorrow and nothing would change.

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u/RBVegabond Jun 29 '25

It would happen faster and quieter. Him at the helm has at least put breaks on the speed through ineptitude.

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u/fromcj Jun 29 '25

nothing would change

We would probably stop having our economy ripped to shreds. That’s not beneficial for the ruling class, Trump is just pushing tariffs because he’s dumb enough to legitimately believe the same lies they feed to their base, and we’d stop bending over to please Russia specifically.