The Chinafication of America is well underway. The only three countries with a worse record than the U.S. are China, Malaysia and Pakistan. This should be a massive wake-up call for all Americans to demand that this madness be stopped.
Western firms have long served as prostitutes for tyrannical governments such as the Bolshevik Revolution in WWI and the rise of Hitler in WWII. That Big Tech is now supporting China's Technocracy shows that they are "birds of a feather.'
As a Technocracy, China will turn the screws on data collection until they possess every conceivable piece of information on every citizen, including DNA and psychographic/behavioral profile. This is the "science of social engineering.'
Short of laws or regulations to control police departments, robotics will play a huge part of future enforcement. Spot the robot dog is seen as a viable replacement for police dots. Future weaponization is almost certain.
Originally posed as replacement security guards, Knightscope robots are actually the ultimate surveillance platform. Operating at ground level, they scan faces and cell phones, license plates and collect other data
China's ubiquitous surveillance and identification system watches everything, everywhere for rule-breakers and shames them in real-time by displaying pictures with names on electronic billboards.
Massive private DNA databases are being rapidly pried open by law enforcement and government. Technocrat handlers are incapable of keeping their hands off such a treasure trove of family trees.
Why would anyone think that Amazon would somehow be benevolent with the data its collects? With a demonstrated history of listening in on its Alexa speakers, who would not expect them to do the same with Ring?
In a classic case of Orwell's Doublethink, China's concentration camps are re-labeled as counter-terrorism and de-radicalization centers that make people happy and secure. This is Technocrat madness that defies any rational explanation.