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If you want to know what’s wrong with America, just look at New York City

DOT installs AI-powered human 'activity sensors’ across the city to ‘encourage safer behavior’ of citizens, whether moving on foot, bicycle or vehicle.

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Jun 16, 2026
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If you want to understand why America is in decline, why freedom is evaporating, and why I am pessimistic that the slow erosion of the American spirit is unlikely reverse itself anytime soon, just look at New York City.

This cesspool of technocratic tyranny continues to boil while the frogs inside are not even close to realizing that the heat is about to cook the life out of them.

When the New York Knicks last week won their first NBA championship since 1973, New Yorkers of all political stripes took to the streets to celebrate. Some rioted, turning over vehicles and setting fire to public property.

A basketball game was all it took to spark an organic, unified uprising that made the world take notice. Watch local news report below.

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