We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Thursday, November 22, 2012

California gets face scanners to spy on everyone at once

Click here to access article from Russia Today.

It seems like every week brings more bad news for citizens who wish to be free of government surveillance. Shortly after news about local police departments across the US--despite local opposition--acquiring surveillance drones, now we learn of this--advanced facial recognition technology. The developing police state in the US continues down the path of "full-spectrum dominance" over its own citizens.
In a single second, law enforcement agents can match a suspect against millions upon millions of profiles in vast detailed databases stored on the cloud. It’s all done using facial recognition, and in Southern California it’s already occurring.
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