I wouldn't trust what WaPo says about conspiracy theorist fears, but I also don't trust the conspiracy theorists themselves either. Anything that becomes a cultural or socio-economic benefit for the community seems to be co-opted by elites regardless... but how it'll all play out is still a mystery. I do think there is worthy concern when it comes to increasing government control over the people, especially how urban cities are designed and structured, but that doesn't mean their plans are all bad for the community either. There are definitely benefits too.
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Fair enough. In my opinion, WaPo presents the CIA perspective, which has advantages and disadvantages. When I tried to search for the actual conspiracy theory, most of what I found were tweets and videos, which are poor documentation for considered conversation. So I used the piece by Republic Broadcasting Network as a counterpoint to the WaPo messaging. I doubt the Republic Broadcasting Network is at all trustworthy.
My biggest concern is the expansion of phone-based systems of control. This featured heavily into the pandemic response in many places. Now the powers that be may have a taste for increasing phone-based control of populations.