Viewable at all times by the public. They are allowed to turn them off in their own residences and maybe a few other places.

Any meetings or phone calls relating to anything that affects the People, public.

First of all, they’ll be kept accountable. Second, we’ll see how they like the constant surveillance state.

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    “Once we have enough information on our elected officials, they will most certainly align with our interests” is a beautiful idea. But simply not born out in practice.

    Far too often, you can have someone on camera dead-to-rights doing the most corrupt shit imaginable and… they’ll win in a landslide in the next election cycle, because they’re doling out the red meat to the right constituents.

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      because they’re doling out the red meat to the right constituents.

      Caesar showed them how to do it with his Senate. It’s a game as old as politics itself.