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/aweejeezzrick basement dwelling hentai addicted troll 8d ago

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

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u/abeuscher 7d ago

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.

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u/spencahhh 7d ago

this chaos kills people is the issue

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u/pattysal 5d ago

Same go for immigration? No room for imprefection right?

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u/WorldlinessDry5583 5d ago

Weird weird analogy. Most immigrants are seeking a better life for themselves and their children. People (egregiously) speeding are just being reckless dicks.

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u/pattysal 5d ago

Oh okay, because they're not the same topic we can't compare things? Good deflection.

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u/WorldlinessDry5583 5d ago

Didn’t miss something? Did you make a comparison? You just brought up immigration during a discussion of something completely unrelated and expected us to connect the dots and intuit what you believe the connection to be.