Various governments around the world are talking about using Smart City Technology to trace where infected people go and who they come in contact with well that sounds good right who doesnt want to end this pandemic but it turns out theres a problem with tracking every man woman and child and that problem stop me if you if youve guessed it is that theyre tracking every man woman and child. As was written in the anarchistic rag called Forbes Magazine the use of masses of connected sensors makes it clear that the corona virus pandemic is intentionally or not being used as a test bed for new surveillance technologies that may threaten privacy and Civil Liberties so aside from being a Global Health crisis the coronavirus has effectively become an experiment in how to monitor and control people at scale oh goody i love being a juror bowl for the ruling helmets maybe theyll give us one of those yummy treats like i can rick or i can come bird for me and its not just your phone theyre tracking
Brother, johner pendergrast who came to kansas city in the 1880s and got started establishing this machine in the first ward of kansas city which was in the Industrial City by the river. There were many, there was an irish community, Africanamerican Community it was diverse. There were a lot of workingclass people. Andpendergast had saloons he went and built this machine that was based on favors that helped people get jobs in exchange for fouts, helping people through giving them loans that you did not have to get a formal rank loan and jim would loan the money, settle gambling debts, given money off the top of a legal activities, such as gambling and prostitution. And so on and so forth. That she wasergast getting older, his health was failing. His younger brother got started in the machine around the 1900s. Alderman andd city was in charge of streets for a few years in the early 1900s. Thendergast really was in position to take over the machine by the time that jim died in 1911. The
It takes an entire community to mobilize during the war. Theres the image of women and children. , workers in industry. And you will get a chance to see what inspired individuals to becoming gaged in the war effort at the turnofthecentury. There is much to learn here at this museum, and we have just had an opportunity to share a fraction of it. It has been a pleasure having you here. We look forward to seeing you at the National World war i museum. Watch this or other american artifacts programs at any time by visiting our website, cspan. Org history. Now, we continue our look at world war i posters at the National World war i museum in kansas city, missouri. American history tv, all weekend every weekend on cspan3. Posters in world war i were the true social media of the day. There was no television or radio, and posters were used by countries all over the world in the war to impress their ideas upon the passerby, and make them do things that the government wanted them to do. People r
Actually, this is a selfportrait of the artist himself. The model he scheduled to be there never showed up. He sat in front of a mirror and added the extra symbolism we recognize to be uncle sam. At the turnofthecentury, making all of us think of this face as the face of uncle sam. He was not unique in this particular setup and style. It is actually very reminiscent of a british poster of lord kitchener, a famous British Military leader. All of the posters we are arending in front of ou original. When you look at the entirety of the poster wall, you will see a variety of roles represented. It takes an entire community to mobilize during the war. You see images of women and children. Farmers, workers in industry. And you will get a chance to see what inspired individuals to become engaged in the war effort at the turnofthecentury. There is much to learn here at this museum, and we have just had an opportunity to share a fraction of it. It has been our pleasure to have you here. We look
Kansas city, missouri. This is American History tv, all weekend every weekend on cspan3. Posters in world war i were the true social media of the day. There was no television or radio, and posters were used by countries all over the world in the war to impress their ideas upon the passerby, and make them do things that the government wanted them to do. People regarded the posters as propaganda, but they were used for other reasons as well. The exhibition we have we are featuring at the world war i museum and memorial is showing a variety of posters from many of the Different Countries that produced them during the war. They were not only incredible artwork, and many Famous Artists worked on posters during the war, they were also representing the countries, the ideas of the countries, and they represented what the war meant to the various countries that produced the posters. Him behind me is a french poster. The french used not so much patriotic themes, but a lot of pathos. Here we see