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
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Legendary technologist Larry Ellison has outlined a vision for an increasingly aggressive surveillance state in the 21st century
  • vinyl@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    1 day ago

    Then let’s surveil Larry himself for a starter. Doesn’t seem like he was on his best behavior for his whole life

  • betanumerus@lemmy.caEnglish
    9·
    23 hours ago

    Larry Ellison is apparently looking to eliminate privacy, so where do we go to watch recordings and reports of Larry Ellison’s behavior?

  • madcaesar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    1 day ago

    The Kochs used to be the biggest cancer in our society, but the Ellison’s have taken their spot

  • kepix@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    1 day ago

    the bible is not enough anymore. we need a new god which is always watching us.

  • nonentity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    65·
    2 days ago

    Financial obesity is an existential threat to any society that tolerates it, and needs to cease being celebrated, rewarded, and positioned as an aspirational goal.

    Corporations are the only ‘persons’ which should be subjected to capital punishment, but billionaires should be euthanised through taxation.

    • quips@slrpnk.netEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      Please do not disparage those of us with obesity by comparing us to these fucks

      • nonentity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        22·
        1 day ago

        As a medically morbidly obese guy, I have absolutely zero issues with invoking obesity as an apt technical description of the unhealthy and damaging consequences resultant of the tolerance of their existence.

        Those who qualify to be diagnosed as medically obese typically don’t have a readily available remedy for their condition, but the financially obese can legitimately be held solely responsible for their rehabilitation.

        • quips@slrpnk.netEnglish
          2·
          1 day ago

          Okay, you don’t speak for all of us. People like me really don’t like it, and think it contributes harm.

          • nonentity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            17·
            1 day ago

            My original post never even referred to you, unless you’re also morbidly wealthy.

            Manufacturing imaginary attacks similarly manifests harms to legitimate discourse.

          • NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.netEnglish
            11·
            1 day ago

            You don’t speak for all of us either, I was obese, I have since managed to (thanks to the wonders of being poor and having a physical job) lose a lot of the weight.

            I was not offended by someone calling what was once commonly known as a “Fat cat” (a rich person) financially obese, because it’s accurate and easily conveys the meaning and message, that these billionaires actively choose to keep hoarding money despite knowing that they couldn’t spend it in their lifetimes without buying countries (or islands ahem North Fox Island / LSJ)

          • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
            English
            11·
            1 day ago

            you are confusing unhealthy obesity of people, with financial obesity/bloat. they arnt even describing people at all. stop trying the “body positivity hting”

  • iocase@lemmy.zipEnglish
    22·
    1 day ago

    It blows my mind that like 30% of farmers in Arkansas went out of business last year and whats left will lose 40% this year… And they have all of that diesel and fertillizer just sitting there?

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
      English
      9·
      1 day ago

      funny thing its also not being reported on the news so trumpers are likely wont notice anythings wrong. same goes with tourist areas, alot of those places must be closing or lost all thier business.

      • iocase@lemmy.zipEnglish
        9·
        23 hours ago

        Monsanto and friends know that if you make $500/acre they can charge $490/acre. It’s really that bad for input costs because there’s zero competition, and if there technically is more than one company in a space they just refuse to compete, but technically aren’t a cartel…

        Then you have China not buying soybeans from US farmers over politics (justified imo) and those leopards ate a lot of faces

        Also the rescue programs that were meant to help prevent farmers from folding were frozen under DOGE so a whole bunch of farmers made the necessary investments and expenses to qualify for programs that don’t exist currently, costing them even more money while they’re deep in the red.

        A drought and bad harvests have been hitting the US. Last year’s harvest was already not good and this year’s was weird due to the weather and lack of rain or snowpack.

        The Midwest US is only farmable at its current intensity due to the Ogallala aquifer which is like a gigantic underground fresh water ocean. It’s been pumped dry in many places, and will run out in a few decades.

        I heard of a town hall deciding what to do about pumping that aquifer. The choices were

        A) stop all pumping

        B) reduce pumping to steady state levels. It doesn’t recharge and it doesn’t empty more

        C) depletion in 100 years

        D) depletion in 50 years

        Guess which option was chosen…

        It’s also not because they’re dumb they just can’t be responsible. You go bankrupt if you pump less since you grow less, or would need to grow crops that use less water but net lower yields, lower pay, and it doesn’t pay for your giant 16 row corn header or combine.

  • medem@lemmy.wtfEnglish
    1·
    19 hours ago

    This Sacklpicker is the largest private donor of the IOF, so nothing he says or does surprises/outrages me.

  • dmtalon@infosec.pubEnglish
    238·
    2 days ago

    So, a full on police state, so much for land of the free, and home of the brave…