Surveil
Filed under: Comm
Anybody not used to being watched should probably get used to it, at least to a point. I recently came across an article about the surveillance in the United States and I know that Britain is already general considered a surveillance society. CCTV is big all over, but has been picking up in the states, while as I understand it, in Britain it is a given that anything you do is being recorded. Although, I don’t honestly know if it is truly that bad yet. It certainly seems like it from the news stories and stuff you see. I am not really bothered by it that much. If people want to watch that is fine, it is just the other side of it that is a bit scary. If you can have the surveillance society without the police state I think that would not be a problem for most people. The problem is that when you move into being a surveillance society it seems like the police state tends to follow, whether it is immediately or slowly grown on people so that they accept it as normal. As an example, after a certain point everyone being subject to call recording becomes just something that happens, and not something anyone thinks about.
That all makes a person think about the novels and movies that depict that kind of society. Just due to the way people are you really have to accept a certain degree of danger and instability in your society to have freedom and avoid a police state. The funny thing is that, again, just due to the way people are if you do have a surveillance society and police state you will still have the danger, because no matter how hard a society tries to change it. People are different and therefore will only put up with certain restrictions before they choose to rebel. It comes from the teenage years, I think. Who hasn’t rebelled when they were a kid? It’s like a boiling kettle, too much heat or control and it explodes, but not enough heat or control and things also fall apart.
Tags: being watched, cameras, cctv, survellance