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Flock, maker of controversial license plate readers, starts to give campaign cash to local politicians
(chicago.suntimes.com)
this post was submitted on 09 Nov 2026
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Probably some extortion here and there where they find it possible, too. It definitely will turn into that as the surveillance authoritarian state advances.
"Kompromat" is the term we use in Germany for such material. Derives from the practise of eastern block autocracies and their secret services to blackmail foreign politicians into compliance by presenting them with video evidence of their pedophilia and other disgusting crime.
I mean, the ideal solution there would be electing fewer pedophiles, but Western civilization has always seemed to have an issue with ending up with the worst possible people in charge.