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[–]Nemesis 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Great post. Well researched and actually sourced. This, or something of this caliber, should be linked to in the new user guide, to give people an idea of saidit's expectations for post quality.

The smart gun point is interesting, and is a great example of the magical thinking that has infested leftist policy discussion. Ask a leftist about an intractable issue, instead of giving an unpopular or definitive answer they'll start talking about future tech that will change everything.
Online voting? Unhackable state-of-the-art software, don't worry about it bro. Universal Basic Income? Don't worry, infinite technological innovation will replace the need for human innovation or participation, and will bankroll the whole endeavor.
An alternative to the wall? A lot of leftist colleagues loved to call it "medieval" and explain that only a moron would build a physical barrier, if we had to lock down the border (and they would quickly assure that we don't), it would be best to use sensors and drones. I'm sure there is a high tech solution to border control, but nothing like this has been implemented or even conceived, and the closest we have to global experts (Israel and China) maintain that physical barriers are necessary foundations to be supplemented by tech based solutions. It's interesting comparing modern discourse to old presidential and economic debates, it's a true testament to the destruction of education how degraded the thinking has become.

[–]flugegeheimen 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

it would be best to use sensors and drones

To be fair, I suspect it could work if automatic turrets were added to this equation (I think Israel had certain success with it in 2007-2008). I wonder what would illegal migrants think about this idea.