The Great Reset: Government use of facial recognition – 'Danger of eliminating the private sphere entirely.'

"At today's House Weaponization of the Federal Government hearing, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) spoke to witnesses, including Dr. Jordan Peterson, about government surveillance."

"Government can know almost everything about you with a relatively high degree of confidence. They know where you live, can figure where you work, can figure out potentially your sexual orientation, can figure out a high degree of accuracy in guessing what your interests are. They can figure out or have a high degree in guessing what your religion is, what political beliefs you support and can potentially figure out at least have a better than average chance of knowing whether or not you own a firearm, also potentially know if you've had an abortion… I really want to drive home this is not a left or right thing or R or D thing. This is a situation where everyone has sensitive information that is potentially accessible with basically no due process."

"If the emerging collusion between government and gigantic corporations continue in the manner that it is continuing there won't be anything that you do that can't be used against you and will be used against you in very short order. … We are in danger of eliminating the private sphere entirely. That's already happening in place around the world particularly in China.… That technology is at hand and it appears as though both giant governments and giant corporations are utilizing it in every way that they can manage. Generally it's often motivated by the claim that it is forestalling an immediate proximal threat. That's a short-term justification for engaging in a tremendous long-term danger and it should be perceived as dangerous to those on the left who are politically committed because it will be the politically committed who are first identified by such systems."

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