[downWidOutaFite]

Israel has been mounting guns and speakers on long-distance quadcopters and shooting at Gazans. Only a short time until that tech becomes widespread. Israel seems to be a proving ground for mass population terrorizing tech like this. I'm having a hard time seeing how society is not going to devolve into capitalist tech fascism as we lose all our privacy and tech becomes more powerful than our governments, aka the will of the people.

[boc]

Wait until you hear that the US mounted hellfire missiles on a drone in 2001 and shot at trucks/people in Afghanistan.

Or it is only "terrorizing" to a population when you use bullets instead of enormous bullets that also kill everything in a 30m radius?

[wahnfrieden]

Both are obviously terrorism

[mkoubaa]

The whole appeal of their defense industry is that they have people to test their weapons on

[wahnfrieden]

Where are you getting your info the drones are only used against Hamas? Just a survey of recent reporting shows you're mistaken:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7893vpy2gqo

> A retired surgeon who volunteered at a hospital in Gaza has told MPs that Israeli drones would target children who were lying injured after bombings.

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/19/nx-s1-5195171/witnesses-say-i...

> Witnesses say Israel is using sniper drones in Gaza and they're shooting civilians

Not a surprise given that the civilian casualty ratio is around 80% (4-5 children/women/non-combatants killed for each 1 combatant)