Bones of children killed by Khmer Rouge soldiers. No surveillance-police State in world history has made its citizens safe.
On the contrary, abundant evidence points to the opposite:
Surveillance-police States are totalitarian self-fulfilling prophecies which manufacture ever greater insecurity and instability through the big-money industry of fear-mongering.
This fear serves the interests of those at the top, not the interests of “We, the People.”
From the “Tsarist” (then Soviet) surveillance-police State to Mao's "China," history shows repeatedly these "all power to the State/deck stacked against the people" situations do not end well.
Do not believe foolish ostriches who deny or downplay the dangers of the surveillance-police State.
In fact, there is TREMENDOUS DANGER lurking like a cobra within the surveillance-police State, FAR GREATER DANGER than the dangers the surveillance-police State promises to "solve."
Far from providing any level of REAL security, surveillance-police states are manifestations of enormously destructive power imbalances no different than any domestic violence situation.
The power of constant surveillance of every man, woman and child from birth to death is FAR TOO MUCH POWER for ANY State to hand itself.
These powers are not representative of truly representative government. These kinds of powers are way over the line of appropriate governing.
Theodore Webb is the author of "The STARLING Connection," a novel-series about a near-future drone-filled Dystopia in which a group of teenage "hackers" fight for their privacy and freedom to speak. Webb is the author of several short stories, including "Desperate Engine" and "Family Hour." His electronic books and stories are available on Amazon.com and Smashwords.com. Webb regularly blogs at http://www.theodorewebb.com. "Like" his Facebook author page, http://www.facebook.com/theodorewebbauthor and follow him on Twitter at Theodore Webb @ STARLINGCONNECT.
Share this post on Facebook, Twitter, etc. This is the first of a series of posts by author/Iraq War veteran Theodore Webb concerning questions about security and the true nature of the State.
Photo information: The Killing Fields: Choeung Ek, near Phnom Penh, Cambodia. These are the bones of
young children who were killed by Khmer Rouge soldiers. Photographer: Oliver Spalt. This file is used according to the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.
On the contrary, abundant evidence points to the opposite:
Surveillance-police States are totalitarian self-fulfilling prophecies which manufacture ever greater insecurity and instability through the big-money industry of fear-mongering.
This fear serves the interests of those at the top, not the interests of “We, the People.”
From the “Tsarist” (then Soviet) surveillance-police State to Mao's "China," history shows repeatedly these "all power to the State/deck stacked against the people" situations do not end well.
Do not believe foolish ostriches who deny or downplay the dangers of the surveillance-police State.
In fact, there is TREMENDOUS DANGER lurking like a cobra within the surveillance-police State, FAR GREATER DANGER than the dangers the surveillance-police State promises to "solve."
Far from providing any level of REAL security, surveillance-police states are manifestations of enormously destructive power imbalances no different than any domestic violence situation.
- With the surveillance-police State, it is the people who are being beaten to the end of the rope.
- Constant surveillance actually serves to further destabilize society and the world by further concentrating power, wealth and privilege in the corrupt hands of those at the top.
- Surveillance-police States are manifestations of enormous corruption that inevitably result in higher levels of widespread murder, suffering and exploitation.
The power of constant surveillance of every man, woman and child from birth to death is FAR TOO MUCH POWER for ANY State to hand itself.
These powers are not representative of truly representative government. These kinds of powers are way over the line of appropriate governing.
Theodore Webb is the author of "The STARLING Connection," a novel-series about a near-future drone-filled Dystopia in which a group of teenage "hackers" fight for their privacy and freedom to speak. Webb is the author of several short stories, including "Desperate Engine" and "Family Hour." His electronic books and stories are available on Amazon.com and Smashwords.com. Webb regularly blogs at http://www.theodorewebb.com. "Like" his Facebook author page, http://www.facebook.com/theodorewebbauthor and follow him on Twitter at Theodore Webb @ STARLINGCONNECT.
Share this post on Facebook, Twitter, etc. This is the first of a series of posts by author/Iraq War veteran Theodore Webb concerning questions about security and the true nature of the State.
Photo information: The Killing Fields: Choeung Ek, near Phnom Penh, Cambodia. These are the bones of
young children who were killed by Khmer Rouge soldiers. Photographer: Oliver Spalt. This file is used according to the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.
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