Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoPlease let it be that the FBI agent surveilling me was on break and he did not just see me get into a fight with the coat rack.message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down16
arrow-up192arrow-down1message-squarePlease let it be that the FBI agent surveilling me was on break and he did not just see me get into a fight with the coat rack.Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareDaftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 days agoYeah, I think that’s like security by obscurity or something. There are just way too many people to surveil. That’s why fear is always the best tactic for authoritarians. If people police themselves they dont have to.
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoWhat you are looking for is the panopticon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon You aren’t being watched all the time, but sometimes, and you can’t tell whether you are being watched right now.
minus-squareDaftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoHow dare someone understand something before I did. Im really upset about this.
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoYou were just born 200 years too late ;)
Yeah, I think that’s like security by obscurity or something. There are just way too many people to surveil. That’s why fear is always the best tactic for authoritarians. If people police themselves they dont have to.
What you are looking for is the panopticon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon
You aren’t being watched all the time, but sometimes, and you can’t tell whether you are being watched right now.
How dare someone understand something before I did. Im really upset about this.
You were just born 200 years too late ;)