<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: brainisnuetral</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=brainisnuetral</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 21:55:39 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=brainisnuetral" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by brainisnuetral in "The FBI Wants 'Near Real-Time' Access to US License Plate Readers"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> tech is neutral<p>This statement has the same level of wisdom as telling a judge "Hey man, it's just a plant" at your hearing for dealing cannabis in the US in the 90s.  You may be right, but that's independent of the reason we're all here right now.<p>"Tech" requires an entire grotesque machine of money and monsters, and <i>they</i> are rarely neutral.<p>If you believed "tech is neutral" you'd advocate for all of this machinery to be heavily regulated, publicly run, publicly owned, and universally accessible, rather than advocating to hide it behind one of the most secretive institutions in the US being led on the leash by oligarchs.<p>So, you're either one of these oligarchs or brainwashed by one.</p>
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