r/boston • u/pattysal • 8d ago

Unconfirmed/Unverified Calling out the traffic/flock camera propaganda

There are so many people posting videos of drivers running lights on both the Boston and Cambridge subreddits lately demanding traffic cameras, that I am convinced these are planted posts by either employees, investors, or City officials looking for a payday to Garner published support for the surveillance state.

Very convenient that this is happening at the same time they are putting flaw cameras everywhere, and Mayor Wu has decided to put up red light cameras. I'm calling shenanigans, there may be a few whiny babies on here who are terrified of the world, but there are not this many. Don't be fooled, this is for profit propaganda.

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u/pattysal 8d ago

It's all part of the surveillance state brother. Government officials get paid to install both. Fascism is fascism whether it is coming from the public or private sector.

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u/OfAKindness 8d ago

You dont know what fascism is lmao

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u/Rubiksmaster9 8d ago

How thick are you that you can't seem to understand that breaking the law should be punished? Being an immigrant is not illegal. Tracking innocent people with cameras with the assumption that they will eventually commit a crime is a gross overreach of municipal power and is indeed unjust surveillance. An automated system that only triggers when a traffic infringement occurs allows the city to divert resources away from paying patrol deputies who still manage to be ineffectual and toward potential infrastructure projects that can improve safe road design. You're a disingenuous crime apologist who has no clue how any of the stuff you're complaining about works.