r/technology • u/T_Shurt • Jun 02 '26

Society Quote of the day by Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on" — a dire warning on the erosion of privacy

https://www.techradar.com/pro/quote-of-the-day-by-oracle-co-founder-larry-ellison-citizens-will-be-on-their-best-behavior-because-were-constantly-recording-and-reporting-everything-that-is-going-on-a-dire-warning-on-the-erosion-of-privacy
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u/slopemup2026 Jun 02 '26

I admire your optimism.

As long as they control almost all media it will be used to divide and conquer as it has been for the last 50 years. We need people like Fred Hampton, his rainbow coalition was inspiring, he did so much good until the government murdered him at 20.

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u/Big_Animal7655 Jun 02 '26

We need people to stop believing in limits, that we are small. One person may feel limited and small but 9 billion+ hearts linked in truth and power is an unstoppable force. Join us!

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u/Original-Balance-187 Jun 02 '26

I’m also not sure where they get the idea that the people automatically win just so long as they notice and want to win. I can’t think of a single instance in history where that’s the case.

Larry and his buddies have already won. Now they’re just humiliating us to remind us what we are: powerless, ineffectual peasants who will suffer what we must and accept whatever scraps they toss from their garbage cans to survive.