As America prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary of independence — 250 years of a bold experiment in human freedom unmatched in the history of the world — we find ourselves installing a vast network of surveillance cameras that treat free citizens as suspects to be tracked and catalogued. This is not merely a policy failure. It is a national disgrace. While we wave flags and speak of liberty on this sacred milestone, a corporatist surveillance grid is expanding in the shadows, funded by our own tax dollars and enabled by Americans who should know better. The shame of this moment demands a reckoning.
Flock cameras do not merely read license plates. They test the character of a nation.
The Chain of Responsibility
From the CEOs who sign the contracts and celebrate rising valuations, to the engineers who design the systems, to the sales teams that pitch them to local governments, to the technicians who install the cameras, and even to the custodians who clean the facilities where this data is processed — every link in this chain is playing a role in constructing a surveillance apparatus that would have horrified the Founders. Read more
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