Full blown essay like answers are more than welcomed. What does the ‘ruling class’ gains from surveiling it’s own population. What do they fear the most? What there is to lose, what there is to gain?
Full blown essay like answers are more than welcomed. What does the ‘ruling class’ gains from surveiling it’s own population. What do they fear the most? What there is to lose, what there is to gain?
Agreed, I would add that the good-intentioned politicians only see the medium term benefits of avoiding terrorism and don’t consider enough that the system they are building may be used by future governments against democracy. It’s a kind of democracy cockiness to think that institutions will prevent power abuse and that democracy will always prevail.