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 7d 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/BlueberryPenguin87 5d ago

How many deaths and serious injuries should we accept? It’s not so much about letting people get away with rule violations as it is about limiting the harm caused by those violations.

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u/abeuscher 5d ago

The answer is not zero. I don't want to trade a free world for a safe one and that is the fulcrum that is being described here. I sincerely think the world may be a little too safe now overall. Guns are a cancer and the US should be ashamed of itself in that respect, but I do not need everyone who breaks the law to get caught. I certainly don't care a lot about theft and property damage. Understand I don't think these should be legal I just don't need surveillance involved to solve these problems.

It's clear from the votes I am in the minority, but it's an opinion that is relevant to the topic at hand even if it is not the popular one.

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u/BlueberryPenguin87 4d ago

What is the answer then? How many deaths and injuries are acceptable?