So what can people do?

You can’t vote away a database that’s already being built. But that doesn’t mean you’re powerless.

1. Expose it. Loudly. Repeatedly.
   Talk about Executive Order 14243. Talk about Palantir. Say Peter Thiel’s name. Most people still don’t know this is happening. Most people don’t even know who Thiel is. The silence is strategic. Break it.
2. Pressure local and state governments.
   State agencies don’t have to hand everything over without a fight. Demand that governors, state legislatures, and attorneys general refuse to comply or challenge the order. States have blocked overreach before & they can do it again.
3. Support organizations filing lawsuits.
   Groups like the ACLU, EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation), and others have legal teams built to fight this kind of surveillance. Give them your attention. Give them your money if you can. They’re some of the only lines of defense left.
   They count on you watching the circus while they rewrite the rules backstage.

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Trump’s Surveillance State Isn’t Coming. It’s Here.

How Trump, Thiel, and Palantir are building the digital infrastructure of repression

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