The concept of surveillance is ingrained in our beings. God was the original surveillance camera.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I don't think there's much distinction between surveillance and media in general. Better media means better surveillance. Cams are everywhere.
Surveillance changes history. We know this through examples of corrupt presidents like Nixon.
We do not take away the powers of surveillance. We do not take away the right and the power of the government to go after those who would do us wrong.
Suspicionless surveillance does not become okay simply because it's only victimizing 95% of the world instead of 100%.
Laws and regulations are supposed to restrict the kind of surveillance governments do. In fact, the U.S. government is quite restricted in what kind of surveillance they can do on U.S. citizens. The problem is that 96 percent of the planet is not U.S. citizens.
Surveillance induced morality: relics of cultural retardation.
When you try to grasp the way the Western world is going, you see that we are on a ratchet towards a surveillance state, which is coming to include the whole population in its surveillance. This is our reward for accepting the restraints on the way we live now.
Surveillance breeds conformity.
If surveillance infiltrates our homes and personal relationships, that is a gross breach of our human and civil rights.
The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet no other god has been so cynical, for the camera records in order to forget.