Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day 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-up1100arrow-down15
arrow-up195arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareDaftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 day 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-up6·1 day 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-up4·23 hours agoHow dare someone understand something before I did. Im really upset about this.
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 hours 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 ;)