Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months 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-square5fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareDaftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months 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-up1·3 months 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.
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.