nightshadea:
I’ve realized that by the time someone comes up with a big brother type of government there wont be any resistance to it at all because by that time being monitored and watched 24/7 will be perfectly normal and well have done it to our selves and offspring
I’ve watched commercials for things designed as "security " devices like cameras and monitors that you can watch from your phone and the like which places like time warner do a very good job at marketing to ocd/paranoid types…
One “cute” commercial for it was the lady checked it to see if her dog was ok and seen her 7 or so year old was getting into the cookie jar and she beeped in and told him nu-huh and he dropped the cookie looking around as she smiled
Now they have something called “hum” and the big commercial there showing right now is the mom basically helicopters the kid who just got her drivers licence but having the usb drive like device tattle on every little thing she did wrong … like drive too fast or skip school and go to the beach (well ok that one I’m on the fence on yeah ya shouldn’t but everyone does at least once … )
And don’t even get me started on the fake door bell camera thing where the lady basically lies to the reasonably polite salesman
If you would of even thought of things like this even 10 years ago or earlier people would of been up in arms but now its just a shrug
Years ago I seen a huge thing on the elf on a shelf toy and some was up in arms because it was "training " your kids on getting used to being watched 24/7 and I thought they were nuts but now I’m not entirely sure there wrong …
“I seen?”
Well, you may be right.
Newspeak is turning out to be dissapointingly prosaic, though…
TPTB don’t need to watch you or me 24/7. They just need to let us know that they will drop in on our lives at any time undetected. Can you discuss revolution or health issues or tonight’s menu or what you did on last night’s date? Privately?
I think my life’s timing is just right (Boomer)
Free Sex with birth control and no incurable STDs.
Man on Moon just when I could kinda understand the complexities of that trick (yes, it COULD be done with the technology of the times)
WWWeb (destroying much of the world as I knew it) came along as I no longer needed the old world.
The complete destruction of this thing we called “privacy” will occur after I’m dead.
Good luck to those who will survive the coming Brave New World.
I have already commented on the bizarre “do it to yourself” aspect of GPS tags on everything, not only a camera with you at all times, but you actually photograph YOURSELF with date/time/lat/long stamps.
Incredible. Just plain incredible.
And sometimes, the News just fits:
For the next nine months, Schnaidt and up to 5,000 other volunteers will report their driving miles to the state – or have their mileage monitored by the state
From the Sacramento Bee:
http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/transportation/back-seat-driver/article88833572.html#storylink=mainstage
I’m guessing the Trucking Industry will kill this before it is born.