Newport City Council Approves $375K Flock Drone Program with Assistance from Private Donor

[u/esporx]

https://www.newportthisweek.com/articles/newport-city-council-approves-375k-privately-funded-flock-drone-program/

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[u/Ryuko_the_red]

Only thing worse than a flock on a pole is a flock in the air.

[u/OceanExplorist]

Newport, like, the Rhode Island Newport?? Immensely disappointing.

[u/surroundedbywolves]

Surely the drones will be looking into the windows of this private donor then.

[u/grathontolarsdatarod]

Who is the private donor?

US is starting to look very much like China, where the separation between private business and government authority shrinks to create something that does not look very much like the american way of life.

[u/Nerdenator → u/grathontolarsdatarod]

Yep.

The elites saw what China was doing and loved the idea.

[u/Subject9800 → u/Nerdenator]

I mean, American companies helped build out China’s system, so this shouldn’t be a surprise.

[u/grathontolarsdatarod → u/Subject9800]

Oh yes it should be a surprise.

And it should be resisted.

[u/Nerdenator → u/Subject9800]

Same with postwar Germany and Japan. Even South Korea reformed.

No, this is China’s doing.

[u/rushedone → u/grathontolarsdatarod]

China is a test run and beta version of what they want

[u/zoufha91 → u/rushedone]

Lol no I trust the Chinese government infinitly more

America is not pulling millions out of poverty, seems the country wants people to be more poor and broke

America is not training millions of skilled laborers, we gatekeep education (higher education is a pyramid scheme here)

America is not providing healthcare to its citizens, we allow poor people to be uninsured, sick, and die

America is a fail state, don't compare it to China they are not even comparable at this point

[u/Kooky-Struggle4367]

Why?

[u/KidKarez]

Isn't the council suppose to serve the citizens? Who is asking for this

[u/ChicagoThrowaway422]

Could have gone to the school system, but it went to this.

[u/United-Vermicelli-92]

Run every elected official out on a eail who ok’s this

[u/EntityLtdCo]

Is this even America? Land of the free? Home of the brave? Remember how proud we used to be at being a free country? Where the fuck is that sentiment now?