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Winston Smith's avatar

This immediately made me think of the Nina Jankowicz "scandal" from 2022 when she was head of the (short-lived) Disinformation Governance Board of the United States Department of Homeland Security.

https://youtu.be/lNcEVYq2qUg?is=Ic7NMjrHQK3C6j6E

I have mixed feelings about this. Partially because I don't think it was particularly well done, but more importantly because it was coming from her in her capacity as a government employee.

If this had been part of a comedy routine in a club or on a late-night show, delivered by an actor or a comedian, I doubt I would have given it much thought.

I wonder how many voters have a vague recollection of this and will connect the AI ad to it in their minds.

Howard Bampton's avatar

quote: but if we use “could mislead old people” as the benchmark for illegality, we’d have to execute half of Washington.

Can we meet half way and just take away their voting rights?

nuklear_shlit's avatar

I floated an idea to my in-laws about an optional program where you can give up your right to vote when you're old enough to collect social security, but you no longer pay taxes of any kind. They were surprisingly enthusiastic about it, lol