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The USA ran full speed into surveillance after 9/11 and have been heckling China from the lead position the entire race. It’s just now that treats are expensive and the surveillance has gotten so far out of hand you have venture capitalists moving in on the game. Those are some mighty high contradictions for the average Joe and he might just see through the propaganda because of it. Oopsiedoodle. Let’s hope more liberals start to get the picture.
China easily has shit loads more cameras, but to give you an idea how they are used, my mate left his bag in a taxi, so he went to the police station and whilst they were with him and in the space of about 10 mins, they loaded up the nearest camera to where he had been dropped off, got the taxi registration, called the driver, and got the bag delivered to his hostel.
This isn't even a rare occurrence. At first I was a bit weirded out by the sheer number of cameras, especially around roads, but having interacted with Chinese law enforcement on a few occasions, I am no longer concerned. They genuinely seem to be there to serve the populace and not enforce some draconian policy of protecting capital.
Police actually being helpful is such a foreign concept to anyone in America with a net worth under $10 million. Cops here absolutely do not give a shit about you reporting a theft or loss. The only thing it is good for is paperwork to show your insurance agent.
don't worry, they never will.
or atleast not enough of them to make an impact on things today.
Yeah
not today, but guaranteed to happen no matter what we do. we just have to endure long enough to be at the right and the right place to capitalize (pun intended lol) on their asshattery.
... or atleast that's what history keeps telling us.
... over
... and over again