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> Is "discrimination" really the only evil we can think of these days?

Discrimination is one of the evils that the courts have interest, capacity, and power to deal with -- and a history of dealing with.

"Surveillance dystopia"? Not so much.

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And they were only able to get Capone on tax evasion. Yet we all recognize tax evasion as totally incidental to what he did. And that power of the courts you mention would never have come to pass if discrimination was only criticized via some other, incidental harm, like false advertising in job openings if they forget to mention they don't hire blacks.

I dunno, as long as this app bullshit is hit over its head by the courts, do we really care what road was taken to get there? (As long as Capone is in prison, do we care why?)

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