This commentary video pushes back on the narrative that cities canceling Flock license-plate-reader contracts are winning on privacy, since many simply replace Flock with Axon. The host argues Axon — a $40 billion public company making tasers, body cams, and drones for law enforcement, ICE, and DHS — is arguably worse than Flock, not better. Both firms run on mass surveillance business models, and both have troubling political ties: Trump invested in Axon before it landed a $220 million ICE taser deal, while a16z’s Marc Andreessen bankrolls Flock and now advises the Federal Reserve. The video draws on a Ben Jordan breakdown distinguishing Flock’s private nationwide tracking database from Axon’s siloed, warrant-gated system, then urges viewers to fight surveillance contracts through courts, city councils, and groups like the EFF rather than vandalizing cameras.