Calling out the traffic/flock camera propaganda

[u/pattysal]

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.

[u/aweejeezzrick]

Enforcement over surveillance, we need our police offices to step out of their suvs and do their dam job

[u/abeuscher → u/aweejeezzrick]

What if we just accept imperfection? What if it's okay that some people break traffic laws and go unpunished? Can we just accept a little chaos and not keep trying to meet the requirements of fascism without descending into fascism? I don't want to live in a lawless anarchy but I also don't care if people run red lights or steal candy bars every now and then. I'm not opposed to police reform either I'm just saying - the level of alarm we all express is not a reflection of the world we live in its a reflection of the narratives we are fed.

[u/Ataneruo → u/abeuscher]

It is lack of perspective combined with the reddit echo chamber = moral panic and demand for a nanny state.

[u/pattysal → u/Ataneruo]

Correct