Tech Billionaires now mixing with heads of state not good

Our Take

We don't know the specific names or deals this video digs into — the channel's description is big on vibes and short on details — but the underlying concern is one we track every day here at DeFlock The USA: when private tech companies get a direct line to government power, the public usually loses leverage. That pattern isn't abstract for us. It's the exact playbook behind Flock Safety, a private company that has quietly embedded itself in thousands of police departments, selling access to a nationwide network of license plate cameras with almost no public debate about who gets to watch, for how long, and why.

The billionaire-meets-head-of-state optics this creator is reacting to matter less for the handshake photos and more for what they represent: decisions about surveillance infrastructure increasingly happen in boardrooms and closed-door briefings, not in city council meetings where residents can actually push back. Flock's rapid expansion across American towns followed a similar top-down logic — vendors and police brass signing contracts while the people whose movements are being logged find out after the cameras are already bolted to the pole.

We don't need to agree with every claim in a given video to recognize the pattern worth watching. Credit to the Digital ID, Mass Surveillance and Digital Currency channel for keeping an eye on the tech-and-power nexus. If you want to see how this plays out concretely in your own neighborhood, check our camera map and find out what you can do about it at take action.