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Palantir CEO Says a Surveillance State Is Preferable to China Winning the AI Race (gizmodo.com)

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[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

As the statistic goes, the average American commits three felonies per day. Most of them are frivolous and won't be prosecuted. But if the authorities reeeeally want to charge you with something, they'll find something to charge you with. Some examples:

Donating to a charity that has received donations from a "terrorist" organization.
Having a rock in your car/shoe from a national park and accidently taking it with you out of the park.
Using marijuana in a state where it's legal on vacation if you own guns in a state where weed isn't. Each firearm is its own felony.
Using someone's password-protected wifi without their knowledge or explicit permission.
Driving an ATV or dirt bike on federal land.
Touching a bald eagle feather you found on the ground.

....and there's hundreds (if not thousands) more. Abortion bans or HRT/GRS are the most recent examples of things that should be legal and normal, but were made illegal and now technology is being used to convict people.

[–] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

The "three felonies a day" thing isn't a real statistic. It's just the title of a book by Harvey Silverglate and isn't supported by any sort of evidence.

[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"average am*rican commits three felonies per day" factoid actually just statistical error, average am*rican commits 0 felonies per day, Felonies Georg who lives in capitol hill & commits over 10000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted