tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post6249890584287110427..comments2024-03-23T13:16:37.006-07:00Comments on Hawaiian libertarian: Welcome to the 21st Century PanopticonKeoni Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00842553742723239151noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-76220084394718154962013-04-25T21:41:40.523-07:002013-04-25T21:41:40.523-07:00KG,
A few months ago, I ran a red light. What wa...KG,<br /><br />A few months ago, I ran a red light. What was REALLY creepy about the whole thing was that it was caught on video. They ran my plate, looked up my name, and sent me the ticket by mail. In the citation paperwork, they had a URL with the video on it. Damn if it wasn't me! I slo-moed the tape, and I DID run the light-by 0.3 seconds. Still, it was creepy being nailed like that...<br /><br />MarkyMarkMarkyMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02710045100037253902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-2306049730575894372013-04-23T19:16:54.242-07:002013-04-23T19:16:54.242-07:00Keoni:
Another historical about the Nazis: people...Keoni:<br /> Another historical about the Nazis: people are under the belief that the Gestapo was a large organization. In fact, they only had a few thousand agents, but they employed Panopticon Principle to great effect. <br /><br /> The Gestapo's main strength was in that it relied on a network of informants---highly punctuated by aggressive propaganda and dramatic, highly-publicized raids (not unlike our own 'reality' TV police shows)---which gave them, in the public mind, the illusion of being everywhere at once.<br /><br /> Incidentally, many Gestapo agents escaped justice at the end of the war and immigrated here under Operation Paperclip. They trained our own 'law enforcement' in many of their techniques; and as we now see, our police have been very apt pupils!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-2902921403262405532013-04-23T17:27:34.949-07:002013-04-23T17:27:34.949-07:00Hey Aurini, the point was not that Nazi's &quo...Hey Aurini, the point was not that Nazi's "banned guns" but rather that he required gun registration. With the registration lists, they were able to identify and disarm those they had targeted for future relocation. Keoni Galtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-35597066958513685502013-04-23T17:04:30.517-07:002013-04-23T17:04:30.517-07:00Great post, as always, just a comment on historica...Great post, as always, just a comment on historical accuracy:<br /><br />The Nazis never banned their citizens from owning guns, only populations in occupied territories. I'm certainly not going to apologize for how batshit things went towards the end of WWII, but prior to that they were a heck of a lot more Libertarian than our modern day Socialists.<br /><br />A lot of people on the right make the mistake of saying "Hitler banned guns!" while making a rhetorical point; the statement isn't factually true.Aurinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11326304664495981809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-31869029290096611082013-04-22T22:59:08.145-07:002013-04-22T22:59:08.145-07:00I was checking my stat counter one morning and saw...I was checking my stat counter one morning and saw a visitor was from DHS...lovely. SarahsDaughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11070845597474113030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-86070943637309518782013-04-22T22:44:18.186-07:002013-04-22T22:44:18.186-07:00I'll have to read the essay you linked.
1984...I'll have to read the essay you linked. <br /><br />1984 was supposedly just 1948 rearranged. <br /><br />Post WWII Britain was a bleak place in many ways. Unlike the US, wartime rationing was still in effect, not completely lifted till the late 1950 's. Food was crappy, so was housing. Fuel, both for vehicles and home heating, was in short supply. <br /><br />The newly socialist Britain was not exactly a dictatorship, but people were controlled and watched much more closely than before, without the excuse of a war going on. This worried Orwell a lot even hough he was a socialist himself. <br /><br />The bleak life Winston Smith experienced was a daily reality for millions, even if they didn't have telescreens. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com