• pet the cat, walk the dog@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I’ll tell you more, the UK is one of the leading countries in cameras per capita, either installed or accessible by the authorities (not sure about exact details). They built government surveillance without any communism in sight.

      (Leaving alone that China’s state capitalism is the opposite of communism.)

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        2 months ago

        In 2023, China had over 700 million cameras tracking the population.

        That’s one camera for every two citizens.

        But yes the UK is also building a surveillance state.

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        2 months ago

        How does that matter?

        Both are fucking horrible.

        But also, China does both. In 2023 they had over 700 million cameras tracking people.

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          State: communist.
          Private: capitalist.
          End result: authoritarianism.