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186 points drak0n1c | 1 comments | 01 Dec 23 05:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jkachmar ◴[01 Dec 23 06:15 UTC] No.38483742[source]▶
> i, personally, would not accept money from the company actively militarizing the southern US border but that's just me

food for thought, and that was even before they were advertising offensive weapons technologies of this sort.

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gantron ◴[01 Dec 23 06:30 UTC] No.38483829[source]▶
Scattering sensors in the desert is militarizing the border? That’s an awfully dramatic characterization, no?
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mplewis ◴[01 Dec 23 07:02 UTC] No.38484003[source]▶
Think for a second about what the sensors will be used to do.
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gantron ◴[01 Dec 23 07:12 UTC] No.38484049[source]▶
I fail to see how a country maintaining awareness of passages across its borders is a bad thing.
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1. ansible ◴[01 Dec 23 08:44 UTC] No.38484587{3}[source]▶
Especially when it comes to smuggling drugs across the border.

Of course, we could fix the drug smuggling by decriminalizing drug addiction and treating it like other public health issues. But the "War on Drugs" still rages on, after decades of failure.